Small note for those who bought the game recently and would like to benefit from the sale: you might want to try and send a ticket to Blizzard asking if you can still benefit from the sale.

I bought my game less than 24h before the sale began, so I sent a ticket and got refunded.. I don't know how much lenient they are on this, but it's still worth a try..

emc

United States3088 Posts

November 23 2011 05:37 GMT

#123

quick question, if you want a 2nd account in a different region, do you buy the 2nd game on the account you already have then transfer to the server you want? Or is it safer to make a whole new account, with a different email and everything?

also how do you get two sc2's installed on your computer? can I use the American install of sc2 and connect to different servers on b.net? or do you need to use two different installs?

Goldfish

2230 Posts

November 23 2011 05:44 GMT

#124

On November 23 2011 12:35 Azzur wrote:

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Hmm... $100 is not justifiable no matter what salaries are. When it first came out, I bought it for $70 (Dick Smith in Aust) when many shops were selling for $100. It's been more than a year, and no shop should be selling a year-old game for $100.

And it's a small wonder why the retailers in Aust are complaining about Online stores...

It is. What is the min wage + average wage for Australia?

Lets just say for example in the U.S. the average person makes $15 an hour. Min wage is currently $8.

If in Australia the average is $22.5 (if we convert it to USD) and min $12 then it makes sense.

An exact comparison (2 exact same jobs):

People work at a fast food place in US and make $8.

However if said person works at fast food place in Australia and made $12 (then this applies to every other job too) then it'd be fair for games to cost more (publishers want to take advantage of higher wages made by Australians and Australians will still pay the same percentage of their salary as Americans).

Another comparison is inflation:
Back in 1900s things cost pennies. Rarely more than a dollar. However people also only made pennies to for wages.

*Inflation happens

Now things cost more but people make more money.

Of course I don't know if people really make 50% more in Australian or not >.>. Just a comparison to show why if a country makes more money than another, it is justifiable for it to cost more (in either case, they'll be paying the same percentage of salary for something for example).

Buffinator

United States9 Posts

November 23 2011 05:53 GMT

#125

wow thats a great price. too bad I all ready payed full price for my game when it first came out.

sicajung

United Kingdom297 Posts

November 23 2011 05:55 GMT

#126

anyone manage to change their account to KR/TW region??

Lokian

United States699 Posts

November 23 2011 06:04 GMT

#127

i want to buy it but there are some doubts floating in my head...

i buy it now, hotS will come out and i have to buy again.

assuming there will definitely be a WoL + HotS bundle because you need WoL to play Hots, I'm thinking blizz will not charge 90 - 120$ for a game.

Possibly 90$. i can save 30 if i buy now i guess. this is assuming HoTS is 30$.

There's also a chance of sale % off when hots comes out like how ppl got WoL for 40$ or something when it came out...

I don't know, either way I'd probably have to spend aorund 60.

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

November 23 2011 06:08 GMT

#128

Juan better stock up now while the going is cheap, talk checksix into buying him 10, should last for a couple months.

Divergence

Canada363 Posts

November 23 2011 06:16 GMT

#129

On November 23 2011 14:44 Goldfish wrote:

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I see what you're getting at with the minimum wage argument, but it's all quite irrelevant.

All that matters in being competitive on an international market is exchange rate and cost of shipping (which for purely digital content is zero).

If the exchange rate is bad then Australians are not justified in complaining about "overpriced" items. There is no simple solution to a bad exchange rate. If there are other reasons why the items are expensive (a general lack of competitiveness due to perhaps government regulations, monopolies or price fixing coalitions) then they have justified complaints imo. If the cost of shipping is what makes the prices high then perhaps there is a way around that (purchasing digitally).

BluePotion

Indonesia35 Posts

November 23 2011 06:18 GMT

#130

NA only

I wish SEA will have that kind of discount... 700k IDR is not a happy price for me

Xak

United States4 Posts

November 23 2011 11:12 GMT

#131

This is awesome. I have been waiting for a discount for so long.

Peksi

Finland169 Posts

November 23 2011 11:18 GMT

#132

Nice, it's only ~22 euros so it's really affordable. Might ask some of my friends to finally buy it.

legatus legionis

Netherlands559 Posts

November 23 2011 11:52 GMT

#133

On November 23 2011 08:41 godulous wrote:
Anyone able to figure out a way to pay with paypal? There's an "other payment options" drop down at checkout but there aren't any options in it :|

I'm wondering this as well. I don't have a credit card. I think it's one of the differences between NA and EU. NA makes use of a ton of credit cards and EU has a ton of "online payment systems" (specific ones nationally, general ones or allowing payments as a deposit and so on) :o I've never "needed" one so I can't justify a yearly fee for it.

But I'd love a work around, even if anyone is experienced with one of those online credit card thingies. Where you can get a virtual card and then charge it with a system like paypal and use that to purchase an NA account. Think it would be great if some light could be shed on how those options would work. Thanks in advance!

JiSu

Korea (South)140 Posts

November 23 2011 12:21 GMT

#134

Is this only available on blizzcard store or you can get it for $30 at stores like BestBuy etc.?

ChriS-X

Malaysia1374 Posts

November 23 2011 12:37 GMT

#135

if i buy a NA copy can i play on the SEA servers as well? or is it just NA only?

Trang

Australia324 Posts