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On September 23 2012 16:40 Soma.bokforlag wrote: is it possible that they will add a monthly fee or something like that? i cant see any other ways to make money really
lol no. if they do that, sc2 will die.
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On September 23 2012 16:40 kollin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2012 16:13 Apolo wrote: No ways to monetize it?
Pay for: - Playing aggainst people higher than a certain league; - Being placed on a league, or being able to be promoted higher than a certain league; - Access to single player; - Name changes; - Clan tags; - Being able to play on all of the maps available for ladder; - etc. Those ideas don't make sense. You realise the out roar that would happen if people payed to be higher than platinum. It would be stupid, it's basically pay to win.
No its more like pay to be promoted and not pubstomp everyone around you
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On September 23 2012 12:47 Boiler Bandsman wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2012 12:45 Niriw wrote: -Buy Clan tags -Buy Name Changes -Buy unlimited access to arcade an unlimited ladder games (maybe limited to 3-5 games a day of both arcade and ladder) -Priority on the match queu (VIP [aka players who pay] have a 1/3 of the waiting time in queu for a match) -All options and customizations unlocked (Options menu: graphics, hotkeys, sound, etc)
And I could go on forever Pay for playing games? Oh fuck no. Fuck. No. There would be murder.
Preach on my brotha ~
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Maybe making a f2p version with:
-MP/Ladder only -replays -no SP -no Custom Maps (except for standard Blizzard/1v1 Melee maps) -no Map Editor -limited Bnet features -plastered with ads
and a normal retail with:
-SP -MP everything we currently have + more Bnet features
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They're probably going to be veryyy careful about what they implement. Paid name changes and additional portraits I can see. Stat resets might be pushing it a little. Limiting anything that is available now and making someone pay for it seems a bit sketch and risky, like team colors, friends lists, channels, access to whatever modes, etc. Just seems like a really bad idea. Keep in mind that WoL is still free.
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Just the multiplayer without achievements or any of that nonsense, so F2P people get stuck with default decals and portraits. Give "premium" players, as in people who spent money on SC2, a higher queue priority.
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I don't think this will ever happen
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yeah not many are going to get into sc2 if they have to pay 100€+ after the expansion(s) just to play.
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On September 23 2012 16:55 Zombo Joe wrote: Just the multiplayer without achievements or any of that nonsense, so F2P people get stuck with default decals and portraits. Give "premium" players, as in people who spent money on SC2, a higher queue priority.
a higher queue priority? also not a good idea i think
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On September 23 2012 16:57 zomgE wrote: yeah not many are going to get into sc2 if they have to pay 100€+ after the expansion(s) just to play.
I think this is the key takeaway
At the very least, the multiplayer portion needs to be standalone or the online community will get really tiny come LotV
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Jeez, guys.. Talk about a slow news day. Browder was asked about this in the panel at Valencia, and all he said was that they're "looking into it". You guys do know that this is Blizzard's standard answer for everything, right? It doesn't mean anything at all. They're not planning to make the change, and they're most likely not even seriously discussing it.
At the panel, Browder basically said that, if they could make money from it, they'd do it. Well, duh. Absolutely any question that begins with "If you could make money with.." would be answered with a clear "yes" by Blizzard (or nearly any other company, really).
But I'm sure this thread will go on for a dozen more pages with half the people in it seriously believing that Blizzard is actually having plans to do this. Oh, well..
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On September 23 2012 16:49 grindC wrote: Maybe making a f2p version with:
-MP/Ladder only -replays -no SP -no Custom Maps (except for standard Blizzard/1v1 Melee maps) -no Map Editor -limited Bnet features -plastered with ads
and a normal retail with:
-SP -MP everything we currently have + more Bnet features
Limited bnet features??
Theres already limited bnet features..
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On September 23 2012 17:10 Conti wrote: Jeez, guys.. Talk about a slow news day. Browder was asked about this in the panel at Valencia, and all he said was that they're "looking into it". You guys do know that this is Blizzard's standard answer for everything, right? It doesn't mean anything at all. They're not planning to make the change, and they're most likely not even seriously discussing it.
At the panel, Browder basically said that, if they could make money from it, they'd do it. Well, duh. Absolutely any question that begins with "If you could make money with.." would be answered with a clear "yes" by Blizzard (or nearly any other company, really).
But I'm sure this thread will go on for a dozen more pages with half the people in it seriously believing that Blizzard is actually having plans to do this. Oh, well..
Dustin Browder: Soon™
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If it goes f2p everyone will hack on the ladder, lol.
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On September 23 2012 17:12 HornyHerring wrote: If it goes f2p everyone will hack on the ladder, lol.
and the community will flame everyone to death
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they could release monthly/weekly/whatever single player missions and charge for that lol
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I wonder how much interest is left in the single player campaign after the travesty of WoL....
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Microtransactions to buy additional: -Blizzard made map editing software (like whole new map functionality/doodads/etc) which means you will need it for any custom map that uses it. -avatars -names -clan tags -offcial blizzard background art -new sound tracks for units/music released by blizzard -option for map makers to charge if they really want to try, and take a percentage of that. -Split the multiplayer and single player, so for people who didn't buy anything yet, they can buy just the multiplayer or a specfic campaign of their choice for less then buying whole games. -pay a small fee to expand friendlist +100 -pay a fee to rent a specific channel such that the owner can have moderator powers and give priority to certain people (if fully boot one person over another). Also expand max channel size for this specific channel. -rent space in the bnet "cloud" to save replays or game data not already saved.
just a few ideas.
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On September 23 2012 17:18 Probe1 wrote: I wonder how much interest is left in the single player campaign after the travesty of WoL.... I can tell you that it's one of the things I'm looking forward to in HotS.
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I'm not ready to eat my words yet.
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