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On November 13 2012 22:24 mycro wrote:
How is this "priced as an expansion". It's basically the same price as the original.
Original was 60 bucks American. When it was brand new.
40 =\= 60
SC2's pricing model is following the EXACT same pricing model Blizzard used in Warcraft 3 and is still using for World of Warcraft. Original title 60 bucks, expansion 40 dollars, battle chest same price as original title.
Nothing about HOTS's price should be surprising. Nothing.
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On November 13 2012 22:24 mycro wrote:
How is this "priced as an expansion". It's basically the same price as the original.
Not sure on other regions, but sc2 WoL was $89.99 here in Australia for the longest time, they only just recently lowered it in stores to $69.99. Hots is $45 AUD.. so hardly the same price. Here atleast.
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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) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/gc0g9.png)
YYYY is 2013 in whatever format you come up with. December 2013 doesn´t make any sense, March does.
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Cool. Just pre ordered it.
But now I can't buy anything in Steam this Christmas, although I don't care.
And March 12th seems to be so far away, although I know the time will pass fast.
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On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions.
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On November 13 2012 22:10 Ryps wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 21:47 Gourmand wrote:Here's a picture of what the Digital Deluxe Edition contains. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/PXBUG.png) Thats so stupid so you pay 20 $ for ultralisk skin and some silly stuff for other games...
I don't see the point of it. The whole point of the Collect's Edition is other physical goodies.
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I think it's time to give the Beta another try tonight. xD
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Guess I'll just watch the cinematics to follow the "plot". There's no sign multiplayer will be any less lame than it is right now, and I'd rather spend 40 bucks on burgers than frustration.
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On November 13 2012 22:29 Sea_Food wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote: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. Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions.
You think that overhauling the entire UI and improving the physics and graphics engine doesn't count as added content? Also comparing it to a WoW expansion is dumb in the first place because WoW has a monthly payment system. When you look at what someone has paid to play WoW from release till now with buying every single expansion and not missing a single monthly payment i'd say you could buy a pretty decent car with that money.
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$39 for expansion? Seems too much!
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On November 13 2012 22:29 Sea_Food wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote: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. Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions.
WoW's content is also priced with its subscription cost (15 dollars per month) included in case you've forgotten.The box prices are exactly the same though.
As per Warcraft 3's content, that's yet to be seen. Warcraft 3 TFT added neutral heroes and 3 new campaigns as well as a couple new units per race. A lot of the content that exists now was patched after the expansion first dropped.
HOTS is adding new units per race, UI and Battle.net changes (that are also going to be given free of charge to WoL) and a new campaign that will offer as many playtime hours as TFT's campaign if it's anything like WoL's. which we have no reason to believe it won't be.
When Legacy of the Void is released. SC2 will have considerably more campaign playtime hours included than the Warcraft 3 campaigns did.
There's also Blizzard All-Stars to consider.
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On November 13 2012 22:29 Sea_Food wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote: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. Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions.
But you get to play for free, whereas you have to pay like $15 per month for WoW.
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Yesterday I reached 3000 games played. So I thought for a moment that every game I played cost me $0.02. Considering that the laptop I play on is from my work and I pay electricity by a flat rate (not by consumption), this is really the right estimate of cost. SC2gears tell me that my average game is 12 real minutes (yes, I play a lot of 4v4 and we proxy almost every single game  ). So this is like $0.1 per hour of entertianment. I call that a good deal!
It is a little annoying that HoTS will be so little for so much, but whatever. This shit is too cost-efficient anyway, I don't care. I am not sad because of the money but because I was expecting more novelty.
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On November 13 2012 22:33 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 22:29 Sea_Food wrote:On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote: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. Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions. WoW's content is also priced with its subscription cost (15 dollars per month) included in case you've forgotten.The box prices are exactly the same though. As per Warcraft 3's content, that's yet to be seen. Warcraft 3 TFT added neutral heroes and 3 new campaigns as well as a couple new units per race. A lot of the content that exists now was patched after the expansion first dropped. HOTS is adding new units per race and a new campaign that will offer as many playtime hours as TFT's campaign if it's anything like WoL's. which we have no reason to believe it won't be. When Legacy of the Void is released. SC2 will have considerably more campaign playtime hours included than the Warcraft 3 campaigns did. There's also Blizzard All-Stars to consider.
Although Blizzard All-Stars will come bundled with the free Starter Edition of SC2 iirc.
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Well, the price seems pretty much like what i expected. Will most probably get it. Can't wait for the single player. I probably played it 3 or 4 times in WoL, which is more than my ladder play time. Let's see if i'll ladder more in HotS. Hopefully the custom games search will be better, but i don't have much hope there.
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I really dont see whats wrong with the price. Its the same price the BW was when it came out and that was over 10 years ago, and with inflation, that basically makes this game only about $30.
And ill admit that i love the single player. Why? Cuz i get to use units and abilities that arent available on the ladder. Plus i get to customize the upgrades and whatnot, and since i play zerg, im REALLY looking forward to all the cool stuff thats gonna be added to each unit
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On November 13 2012 22:35 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2012 22:33 Vindicare605 wrote:On November 13 2012 22:29 Sea_Food wrote:On November 13 2012 22:15 Vindicare605 wrote: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. Exept that HotS adds one third of the content to the game that Frozen Throne added, and one tenth compared to WoW expansions. WoW's content is also priced with its subscription cost (15 dollars per month) included in case you've forgotten.The box prices are exactly the same though. As per Warcraft 3's content, that's yet to be seen. Warcraft 3 TFT added neutral heroes and 3 new campaigns as well as a couple new units per race. A lot of the content that exists now was patched after the expansion first dropped. HOTS is adding new units per race and a new campaign that will offer as many playtime hours as TFT's campaign if it's anything like WoL's. which we have no reason to believe it won't be. When Legacy of the Void is released. SC2 will have considerably more campaign playtime hours included than the Warcraft 3 campaigns did. There's also Blizzard All-Stars to consider. Although Blizzard All-Stars will come bundled with the free Starter Edition of SC2 iirc.
Source?
As far as I know there's been no officially released statement on how Blizzard All-Stars will be implemented other than it won't be released until HoTS has been.
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Holy shit! soooo soon Blizzard.
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On November 13 2012 22:32 amanet wrote:
$39 for expansion? Seems too much!
Well. Blizzard is consistant. This has always been their expansion pack price. Noone should be surprised. Everyone in here saying they won't buy it because of the price will ofc buy it so just stop crying please.
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