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zManiacal
Profile Joined December 2011
United Kingdom38 Posts
November 13 2012 14:40 GMT
#301
Any news on collectors edition?
FOREVER BRONZE
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
November 13 2012 14:40 GMT
#302
I don't know what price people were expecting ?
Many were afraid of 60€, and it's not the case.

Would you sell a full on enpansion for less than that ?
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
November 13 2012 14:41 GMT
#303
On November 13 2012 23:40 zManiacal wrote:
Any news on collectors edition?


+ Show Spoiler +
The Digital Deluxe version of Heart of the Swarm includes a full digital copy of the expansion along with the following in-game bonus items:

StarCraft II Torrasque: Crush the enemies of the Swarm with the indomitable Torrasque, a fearsome new look for your zerg Ultralisks.
StarCraft II Battle.net® Portraits and Decals: New Swarm-infested Battle.net portraits and decals help you customize the look of your online profile and in-game army.
World of Warcraft® In-Game Pet: The Baneling companion pet is bursting with enthusiasm and ready to explode onto the Pet Battles scene.
Diablo® III Blade Wings and Banner Sigil: Grow zerg-like wings in honor of the Queen of Blades, and unfurl an exclusive banner sigil to mark your allegiance to the Swarm in Sanctuary.
The Collector’s Edition of Heart of the Swarm includes the full version of the game on DVD-ROM and contains the following exclusive bonus items, in addition to the content from the Digital Deluxe version:

Behind-the-Scenes DVD and Blu-ray: Immerse yourself in the StarCraft universe with developer commentary, interviews with voice actors, and an in-depth historical retrospective on StarCraft’s eSports legacy narrated by key members of the community.
Collector’s Edition Soundtrack CD: Enhance your Heart of the Swarm musical experience with this collection of more than a dozen tracks from the game.
Heart of the Swarm Hardcover Art Book: This 144-page tome features never-before-seen art from the expansion, including early concept sketches and meticulous 3D renderings.
Zerg Rush Mousepad: This Collector’s Edition mousepad depicts the Terran Dominion holding out desperately under the onslaught of the Swarm.


You can read about it here :

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?id=7849184
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Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
November 13 2012 14:43 GMT
#304
On November 13 2012 23:38 nihlon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:33 Exigaet wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:30 Azurues wrote:
ugh quite expensive for an expansion set

but oh well, hopefully the storyline is longer

and they have 4 months more to balance the game


$40 is not expensive at all for an expansion, especially if Legacy of the Void won't be out for another 2-3 years. Every single WoW expansion has been $40, on top of the $15 subscription fee, and you don't see people complaining about that. Stop being cheap.

It is expensive for a game that most play for the multiplayer (at least most here on TL). I can buy both Natural selection 2 AND Primal carnage for the same cost, two new and fairly well received multiplayer games. That people actually think that $40 is a fair price just shows how much people just buy off the name of the company rather than the game itself.


TL has around 10 k registered users. Have you seen the sales figures for sc2:wol? They run in the millions. Like it or not but TL is rather insignificant as far as playerbase goes.
Exigaet
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada355 Posts
November 13 2012 14:43 GMT
#305
On November 13 2012 23:39 Sea_Food wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:29 Exigaet wrote:
On November 13 2012 20:45 Sea_Food wrote:
40 fucking dollars and Terran gets ONE fucking unit.

SC2 HotS confirmed the blunder of the century.

6 months ago they announced that HotS will have
Multiplayer resume from replay
Global Play
Multilanguage support
Clan/group system
Unranked matchmaking
Multiplayer replay viewing

Clan is the only one they have managed to complete from that list during the past 6 months right? Do you guys believe the rest of those 6 are so much easier to add to the game that they manage to do all of them in the next 4 months?
No they cant.
+ Show Spoiler [proof that they cant] +
the image in the OP


They will charge 40USD or € or 100AUD for a patch that will be released as unfinished as WoL and D3 were.


Global Play, Clan/Group System and Unranked Matchmaking will be in HotS. Unranked matchmaking is ALREADY in the beta, Global Play is coming out "Soon™;" and Clan/Group will be out on release.


Soon like PvP in D3?

Or soon like name change, and USM market place in WoL?


Soon as in the next upcoming patch before HotS comes out.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=381089
goiflin
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1218 Posts
November 13 2012 14:44 GMT
#306
On November 13 2012 23:43 Fragile51 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:38 nihlon wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:33 Exigaet wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:30 Azurues wrote:
ugh quite expensive for an expansion set

but oh well, hopefully the storyline is longer

and they have 4 months more to balance the game


$40 is not expensive at all for an expansion, especially if Legacy of the Void won't be out for another 2-3 years. Every single WoW expansion has been $40, on top of the $15 subscription fee, and you don't see people complaining about that. Stop being cheap.

It is expensive for a game that most play for the multiplayer (at least most here on TL). I can buy both Natural selection 2 AND Primal carnage for the same cost, two new and fairly well received multiplayer games. That people actually think that $40 is a fair price just shows how much people just buy off the name of the company rather than the game itself.


TL has around 10 k registered users. Have you seen the sales figures for sc2:wol? They run in the millions. Like it or not but TL is rather insignificant as far as playerbase goes.


Even if you included the people who weren't registered here playing this game, it doesn't even run up to a million.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
November 13 2012 14:47 GMT
#307
On November 13 2012 23:43 Fragile51 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:38 nihlon wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:33 Exigaet wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:30 Azurues wrote:
ugh quite expensive for an expansion set

but oh well, hopefully the storyline is longer

and they have 4 months more to balance the game


$40 is not expensive at all for an expansion, especially if Legacy of the Void won't be out for another 2-3 years. Every single WoW expansion has been $40, on top of the $15 subscription fee, and you don't see people complaining about that. Stop being cheap.

It is expensive for a game that most play for the multiplayer (at least most here on TL). I can buy both Natural selection 2 AND Primal carnage for the same cost, two new and fairly well received multiplayer games. That people actually think that $40 is a fair price just shows how much people just buy off the name of the company rather than the game itself.


TL has around 10 k registered users. Have you seen the sales figures for sc2:wol? They run in the millions. Like it or not but TL is rather insignificant as far as playerbase goes.


There's not that many people playing the game actually.
Each region probably have an average of 500k people playing at all time. Sometimes less.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
gedatsu
Profile Joined December 2011
1286 Posts
November 13 2012 14:50 GMT
#308
On November 13 2012 23:12 jdsowa wrote:
$40. That's about $10 per new unit.

It's not like Blizzard is trying to rip off Europeans because they're evil. They have to ship their products across the ocean, pay import taxes probably, and maybe their storage and distribution deals are not as favorable over there. Who knows. If they knew they could squeeze an extra $10 out of European customers, then why not also squeeze that out of the American customers as well? Does anyone think this through?

Yeah, about $10. The Mothership Core, $10. The Tempest, $10. The Oracle, $10. The Swarm Host, $10. The Viper, $10. The Widow Mine, $10. The Hellbat, $10. All that adds up to $40. The campaign, with its 20 missions and 2 different specializations for every zerg unit, is completely free. As is clan support, global play, resume from replay, UI improvements and ladder-free matchmaking. Oh and also the ultralisk burrow charge, reaper heal, hydra speed, as well as the the coming redesigns of void ray, carrier and raven. Totally free and we all know it.
lordofsoup
Profile Joined January 2012
United States159 Posts
November 13 2012 14:50 GMT
#309
What is the deluxe version?
NOHUNTERS
GreatFluke
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada40 Posts
November 13 2012 14:52 GMT
#310
Settling in to 4 month hibernation... NOW! zzzzzzzzzz
Air Attack 2... Anyone?
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
November 13 2012 14:57 GMT
#311
On November 13 2012 23:43 Fragile51 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:38 nihlon wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:33 Exigaet wrote:
On November 13 2012 23:30 Azurues wrote:
ugh quite expensive for an expansion set

but oh well, hopefully the storyline is longer

and they have 4 months more to balance the game


$40 is not expensive at all for an expansion, especially if Legacy of the Void won't be out for another 2-3 years. Every single WoW expansion has been $40, on top of the $15 subscription fee, and you don't see people complaining about that. Stop being cheap.

It is expensive for a game that most play for the multiplayer (at least most here on TL). I can buy both Natural selection 2 AND Primal carnage for the same cost, two new and fairly well received multiplayer games. That people actually think that $40 is a fair price just shows how much people just buy off the name of the company rather than the game itself.


TL has around 10 k registered users. Have you seen the sales figures for sc2:wol? They run in the millions. Like it or not but TL is rather insignificant as far as playerbase goes.


Pretty sure TL has a LOT more than 10k registered users, even including all the PBU's.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
November 13 2012 14:57 GMT
#312
On November 13 2012 23:50 lordofsoup wrote:
What is the deluxe version?


http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?id=7849184
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
achan1058
Profile Joined February 2012
1091 Posts
November 13 2012 14:59 GMT
#313
On November 13 2012 23:57 Noocta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2012 23:50 lordofsoup wrote:
What is the deluxe version?


http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?id=7849184

ie. Don't buy it unless you want some useless online pets. If you want a Collector's Edition, go with the physical one.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
November 13 2012 15:00 GMT
#314
On November 13 2012 23:50 lordofsoup wrote:
What is the deluxe version?


3 portraits - infested diablo , kerrigan, panda marine
Collecters Edition Ultralisk - from what i've seen it's just got purple scribbles on it
Baneling pet for WoW
Zerg war banner for D3
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juusoko
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland79 Posts
November 13 2012 15:01 GMT
#315
Are they really selling HotS 40 dollars in US and 40 euros in EU? Pardon my french, but that is an utterly cunt move. There should be an uproar if that is correct, since Valve had to check their prices, when they tried to do same in Steam.
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
November 13 2012 15:02 GMT
#316
On November 14 2012 00:01 juusoko wrote:
Are they really selling HotS 40 dollars in US and 40 euros in EU? Pardon my french, but that is an utterly cunt move. There should be an uproar if that is correct, since Valve had to check their prices, when they tried to do same in Steam.


It's business as usual i'm afraid, europe and UK especially always gets the shit end of the bargain when it comes to game prices.
Slackzftw
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany361 Posts
November 13 2012 15:02 GMT
#317
On November 13 2012 22:25 eviltomahawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


WoL was 38€ at Releaseday at AMAZON in Germany...
yypisces
Profile Joined April 2010
Japan244 Posts
November 13 2012 15:04 GMT
#318
Have bought it;)
Flash, Jaedong, Bisu
Finlux
Profile Joined May 2012
Norway35 Posts
November 13 2012 15:05 GMT
#319
I bet they decided on March so that the actual release date will be at summer.
Bomber, Byun, Creator, DRG, MMA, Nestea, Oz, Polt, Symbol, Squirtle.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
November 13 2012 15:06 GMT
#320
I wouldn't be overly happy paying $40 for the MP aspects, and I say that because I don't plan on playing campaign. I also say that because according to some posts I've read here, the b.net features like clan support and such are being added to WoL once HotS comes out, so to me it really just feels like I'm paying $40 for the new units. And as a Terran, I'm not content with the current units for each race.

I can see how some other people don't mind it depending on what they're actually doing with HotS, but personally, I'm just disappointed at the state of HotS and therefore can't justify spending more than $20 on it.
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