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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:10 Ryps wrote: Thats so stupid so you pay 20 $ for ultralisk skin and some silly stuff for other games... You're talking to a consumer base that will drop that much for a League of Legends skin and do it over and over again. They're not exactly asking people to pay for something they aren't willing to pay extra for trust me. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
Also, amazing box art. | ||
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SeriousLus
169 Posts
EU will get it for 45€ at best... typical Blizzard cash cowing | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:13 SeriousLus wrote: the price is a fing joke.. especially for the deluxe edition EU will get it for 45€ at best... typical Blizzard cash cowing You're paying as much for a Blizzard expansion in 2012 as you would have in 2003 and that's with inflation included. It's a good buy. There's absolutely zero reason to start the "cash cowing" hate train other than just blind trolling. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:06 19Nov1980 wrote: nop thats incorect, you dont need wol to play hots, they have their individual ranking and ladder,. No, you are incorrect. You DO need WoL to play HotS even with the separate ladders. | ||
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19Nov1980
Dominican Republic31 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:06 CuSToM wrote: If all of you saved a dollar every day starting today you would have more than enough... stfu. exactly!! stop drinking beer or cigarette!! if you start saving 10dollars a month you will be fine, its really depressing how many ppl cry about a game being $40 dollars, when we are talking about the game you will probably be playing more that anything else... WTF? | ||
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habeck
1120 Posts
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SinCitta
Germany2127 Posts
People don't even play or hype the free HotS beta. Blizzard has a lot of work to do make multiplayer more enjoyable. TFT was a massive overhaul for WC3 where $40 was rectified (gameplay mechanics were drastically changed). It's okay they aim to do more like a BW-like add-on, but that was the time where add-ons cost <= $30. Blizzard increased the add-on costs by a lot since then because they provide much more content with them. This doesn't seem to be the case with HotS. Of course, they put much more (technical) work into HotS than in BW, but the output is comparable. I don't count perks like Global Play etc. as a plus for HotS because frankly, they should have implemented those much earlier. Now the jump from $30 to $40 doesn't seem to be that much, but with the F2P competition we lose a lot of fuel. People that think $40 for the campaign is worth it will pay it, play the campaign and stop playing (-> nothing goes into the scene). People that still play SC2 multiplayer will pay $40 and play. So, where will the new players come from? Players that think that the campaign is worth $40, play the campaign and start playing multiplayer after that (-> these won't be that much to get SC2 back growing and they will probably lose interests after a short while). Few people that stopped playing the multiplayer but don't think the campaign is worth $40 will pay $40 and start playing the multiplayer again because of very few new units. | ||
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sharky246
1197 Posts
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Soda-88
Croatia476 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:17 SinCitta wrote: The price tag is worrisome. For people on TL it's nothing, but I know a lot of guys that stopped playing WoL and would give HotS another chance. They will look at the price and look at the number of new units and will dismiss it immediately. People don't even play or hype the free HotS beta. Blizzard has a lot of work to do make multiplayer more enjoyable. TFT was a massive overhaul for WC3 where $40 was rectified (gameplay mechanics were drastically changed). It's okay they aim to do more like a BW-like add-on, but that was the time where add-ons cost <= $30. Blizzard increased the add-on costs by a lot since then because they provide much more content with them. This doesn't seem to be the case with HotS. Of course, they put much more (technical) work in HotS than in BW, but the output is comparable. I don't count perks like Global Play etc. as a plus for HotS because frankly, they should have implemented this much earlier. Now the jump from $30 to $40 doesn't seem to be that much, but with the F2P competition we lose a lot of fuel. People that think $40 for the campaign is worth it will pay it, play the campaign and stop playing (-> nothing goes into the scene). People that still play SC2 multiplayer will pay $40 and play. So, where will the new players come from? Players that think that the campaign is worth $40, play the campaign and start playing multiplayer after that (-> these won't be that much to get SC2 back growing and they will probably lose interests after a short while). Few that stopped playing the multiplayer but doesn't think the campaign is worth $40 will pay $40 and start playing the multiplayer again because of very few new units. Trust me man, Blizzard games are like a habit you can't quit. For every 3 guys you talk to that say they'll never come back after they quit, 2 will when the expansion comes out and 1 will definitely stay for said expansion with the other being a big maybe. That's been the rate I've encountered consistently in World of Warcraft with players insisting just as enthusiastically that they hate the game as some SC2 players have. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16121 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:19 sharky246 wrote: If it turns out that WoL is more balanced than HotS, then i won't be buying it. Well either way that means you won't be buying it for the first year at the bare minimum. unless of course you're counting on the game being as balanced when it first comes out as WoL is now after two years of balancing in which case your expectations are unrealistically high. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:20 Soda-88 wrote: It's not March 12th but December 3rd... (EU date format: DD-MM-YYYY; NA date format: MM-DD-YYYY) + Show Spoiler + Actually, it is March 12. The Korean blog in the OP clearly confirms a March 12 release date. 2013년 3월 12일 Google-translates to March 12, 2013. | ||
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Qntc.YuMe
United States792 Posts
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goldentb
Slovenia15 Posts
i wont only multilayer options, i will give max 20€ for multilayer only, | ||
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voltaic
1071 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:20 Soda-88 wrote: It's not March 12th but December 3rd... (EU date format: DD-MM-YYYY; NA date format: MM-DD-YYYY) if this is december not march i will assure blizzard that i will personally lead an invasion against the main office | ||
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mycro
Sweden1579 Posts
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Dionyseus
United States2068 Posts
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Soda-88
Croatia476 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:23 eviltomahawk wrote: Actually, it is March 12. The Korean blog in the OP clearly confirms a March 12 release date. Only thing it confirms is that Blizzard has real issues with date formats around the globe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On November 13 2012 22:24 mycro wrote: How is this "priced as an expansion". It's basically the same price as the original. WoL cost $60 for me at release. HotS will cost $40. $40 < $60. WoW expansions are $40. The Frozen Throne was $40 iirc. | ||
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