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Yoduh
Profile Joined August 2010
United States216 Posts
September 24 2012 12:50 GMT
#361
DB said SC2 multiplayer might be free to play. Keep it simple guys, the obvious answer as to how theyre still going to make money is by still requiring people pay if they want singleplayer. The SC lore and storyline are loved well enough by the gaming public that the demand is there to cover the cost of a free multiplayer experience.
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 13:02:22
September 24 2012 12:59 GMT
#362
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Cheerio
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Ukraine3178 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 13:27:42
September 24 2012 13:27 GMT
#363
Well SC2 does not generate so much cash some people think. By going free they can greatly enlarge the audience. Chinese scene alone would give a huge boost. SC2 can become the first really huge eSport game. Reputation alone of achieving that is good for blizzard's current cash cow WoW and future ones. While adding payed content in bigger scene will also compensate alot.
MstrJinbo
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1251 Posts
September 24 2012 13:32 GMT
#364
A good starting point would be to improve the starter edition. Unlock all the races, add more maps. Open up the 4v4 ladder and FFAs. Let them play the blizzard ums (starjeweled, aiur chef, sc2 master).
raf3776
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1904 Posts
September 24 2012 13:46 GMT
#365
Paid name changes maybe. Custom game skins or something. Portraits. I feel like in 1v1 unit change designs or buildings could confuse ppl too much, depending on how drastic the change is. maybe if it was like chronoboost/larva/mule change color or something like that. idk
WWJD (What Would Jaedong Do)
Zer atai
Profile Joined September 2011
United States691 Posts
September 24 2012 13:50 GMT
#366
Pay to have better graphics?
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Cheerio
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Ukraine3178 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 14:02:38
September 24 2012 13:58 GMT
#367
From what I know free trial version is expanding. It allowed to play only terran at first now all races are available.

On September 23 2012 14:16 HardlyNever wrote:
I wouldn't mind this terribly as long as we still had the option to purchase everything up front (sp/mp and all related goodies) like the current model.

My biggest concern would be the affect on the player-base/community. I know the SC2 community isn't a shining example of maturity, but it's much, much better than all the F2P games I've played.

F2P = omg horrible community in my experience.

BW was basicly F2P because of how widespread pirated version was. Hell, ICCUP was even holding it available for download right on their site. So was BW community horrible?
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10126 Posts
September 24 2012 15:08 GMT
#368
There's no argument on "pay2win". When they are talking about going the F2P route for e-sports, it would work like DOTA2. You have everything avaible from the beginning, but you could get special visuals or sounds for your units. Pretty sure there a few more things to make it more profitable, but it won't involve any kind of p2w guys.

And many people would buy HotS just for the campaign, or to support blizzard. I know i would buy it even the multiplayer was free just to support a company which i think is looking to improve his e-sport.
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
September 24 2012 15:34 GMT
#369
On September 24 2012 20:13 ceaRshaf wrote:
FREE
- multiplayer
- one name change
- news and streams to competitve play ingame client
- first mission of the campaign


PAID
- campaign
- clan status
- one bad ass skin per unit ( you don't want the game to be a circus with many skins)
- name change
- Sponsored area on the buildings (profesional teams only)
- blizzard avatars
- custom avatars
- gsl map pack on ladder

Etc....

F2p is a great idea only if done right and wih moderation.

I think it's a bad idea in general. First "free to play" is a misnomer. It should be "free to see a demo".

While the 60 bucks for Wol and approximately 45 buck for Hots is quite a hurdle, it is also reassuring "pay once and get access to all content". It is good for the peace of mind.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
September 24 2012 15:45 GMT
#370
I'm getting all expansions anyway. If they make it free, then it would be even better for me. Unless of course Blizzards implents some options that are basically "pay to win".
Souldrinkah
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden48 Posts
September 24 2012 15:45 GMT
#371
There will be a ton of smurfers if Starcraft will be free to play.
Bygone
Profile Joined October 2010
United States58 Posts
September 24 2012 15:45 GMT
#372
I'd pay to have different ladder leagues...aka, I could be gold zerg, gold terran, grandmaster protoss, instead of...hey I really want to play the other races, but dont want to buy the game all over again or ruin my current ranking....
Darneck
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden1394 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 15:47:41
September 24 2012 15:46 GMT
#373
On September 25 2012 00:45 Souldrinkah wrote:
There will be a ton of smurfers if Starcraft will be free to play.

And? It's not like that would ruin the game

On September 25 2012 00:45 Bygone wrote:
I'd pay to have different ladder leagues...aka, I could be gold zerg, gold terran, grandmaster protoss, instead of...hey I really want to play the other races, but dont want to buy the game all over again or ruin my current ranking....

With f2p you could just create 3 accounts and do it though it could still be an option to pay for separate ladder ranks.
Achaia
Profile Joined July 2010
United States643 Posts
September 24 2012 15:51 GMT
#374
So if they did a "free to play" model would that mean that LAN would be a viable option for the game? That would essentially eliminate the pirating concern right? If they're generating their money through in game purchases I don't see how adding LAN mode would hurt, shoot I would even pay a few bucks to get that feature at that point. Just a thought, haven't seen anyone else mention it.
http://www.youtube.com/SCBattleGrounds
Thrasymachus725
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada527 Posts
September 24 2012 15:58 GMT
#375
It would be more likely they would monetize the game by exploiting esports...
The meaning of life is to fight.
Darneck
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden1394 Posts
September 24 2012 16:01 GMT
#376
On September 25 2012 00:51 Achaia wrote:
So if they did a "free to play" model would that mean that LAN would be a viable option for the game? That would essentially eliminate the pirating concern right? If they're generating their money through in game purchases I don't see how adding LAN mode would hurt, shoot I would even pay a few bucks to get that feature at that point. Just a thought, haven't seen anyone else mention it.

Depends on if the things you could buy with microtransactions would be ripped to that version but yea, LAN definitely should be a possibility if it goes F2P.
KillingVector
Profile Joined June 2012
United States96 Posts
September 24 2012 16:22 GMT
#377
On September 25 2012 00:46 Darneck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2012 00:45 Souldrinkah wrote:
There will be a ton of smurfers if Starcraft will be free to play.

And? It's not like that would ruin the game


You are right. People who like to constantly play dramatically uneven matches would really like this change.
"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them." - John Von Neumann
Thrasymachus725
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada527 Posts
September 24 2012 16:26 GMT
#378
On September 25 2012 01:01 Darneck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2012 00:51 Achaia wrote:
So if they did a "free to play" model would that mean that LAN would be a viable option for the game? That would essentially eliminate the pirating concern right? If they're generating their money through in game purchases I don't see how adding LAN mode would hurt, shoot I would even pay a few bucks to get that feature at that point. Just a thought, haven't seen anyone else mention it.

Depends on if the things you could buy with microtransactions would be ripped to that version but yea, LAN definitely should be a possibility if it goes F2P.


Oh god, again with the LAN...
I thought we were done with this... I guess we will never be done with this...
The meaning of life is to fight.
myRZeth
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany1047 Posts
September 24 2012 16:43 GMT
#379
On September 25 2012 01:26 Thrasymachus725 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2012 01:01 Darneck wrote:
On September 25 2012 00:51 Achaia wrote:
So if they did a "free to play" model would that mean that LAN would be a viable option for the game? That would essentially eliminate the pirating concern right? If they're generating their money through in game purchases I don't see how adding LAN mode would hurt, shoot I would even pay a few bucks to get that feature at that point. Just a thought, haven't seen anyone else mention it.

Depends on if the things you could buy with microtransactions would be ripped to that version but yea, LAN definitely should be a possibility if it goes F2P.


Oh god, again with the LAN...
I thought we were done with this... I guess we will never be done with this...


it will be said till they add it, which won t happen
Achaia
Profile Joined July 2010
United States643 Posts
September 24 2012 16:46 GMT
#380
On September 25 2012 01:26 Thrasymachus725 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2012 01:01 Darneck wrote:
On September 25 2012 00:51 Achaia wrote:
So if they did a "free to play" model would that mean that LAN would be a viable option for the game? That would essentially eliminate the pirating concern right? If they're generating their money through in game purchases I don't see how adding LAN mode would hurt, shoot I would even pay a few bucks to get that feature at that point. Just a thought, haven't seen anyone else mention it.

Depends on if the things you could buy with microtransactions would be ripped to that version but yea, LAN definitely should be a possibility if it goes F2P.


Oh god, again with the LAN...
I thought we were done with this... I guess we will never be done with this...


Well the main reason for them not including LAN was because of piracy and it seems that this would no longer be a concern with free to play model. Why wouldn't they include that feature if it adds value to their game at no risk to them? There are plenty of situations where LAN would be very useful to have, namely for tournament organizers. If they don't add it that's fine, I just don't see why they wouldn't if piracy isn't an issue.
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