EPTOn May 08 2009 08:40 paper wrote:
cool O_O;;
must leech off LR >:D
cool O_O;;
must leech off LR >:D
aren't you in socal >:D
Starcraft 2 beta for this summer confirmed! - Page 3
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Last Romantic
United States20661 Posts
aren't you in socal >:D | ||
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wrags
United States379 Posts
take that as you will | ||
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Chuiu
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paper
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wat? >:D | ||
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nataziel
Australia1455 Posts
I want this so bad. | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
 .Excited for the Beta can't wait to see everything in action. Those with beta keys better get lots of video streaming etc etc!! | ||
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Ideas
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
Archon now?! I thought u were terran. I hope I get chosen to participate in the beta. :D | ||
chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On May 08 2009 10:32 keV. wrote: If anyone thinks Blizzard is aiming for the holidays you are totally wrong. They are well beyond the need for "Black Fridays" and Christmas sales. I would suspect another "when its done" release date. the idea is that the average length of blizzard beta sets them right up for a holiday release. that's why. it's not about black friday and christmas and single day sales - its about video game sales shooting through the roof during the entire season. | ||
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Quanticfograw
United States2053 Posts
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Aurra
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latent
United States428 Posts
They know how important SC2 is going to be. I really wouldn't be surprised to see them cut the 1st beta short and then have a 2nd longer one later. | ||
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Newnoise
Sweden44 Posts
On May 08 2009 09:33 SoleSteeler wrote: The original WoW beta went from March till November, which is 8 months. It wasn't 5. TBC also went from September till December or January, which is longer than 2 months. But MMO's are a lot different, beta-wise. Well that depends how you see it, I live in Europe so the european beta for WoW started in september-october in 2004, and game released in february. Thats 5 months! The north-american closed beta of WoW started in march 2004, and the game was released in november in North America. So march -> november is about 8 months yes. So I will add northarmerican beta release to my original post. | ||
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Newnoise
Sweden44 Posts
On May 08 2009 15:38 latent wrote: Here's my take on it: just because the beta will be over a few months after its release doesn't mean Blizzard won't take the game back in and proceed with more development. Blizzard isn't worried about the "holiday release" factor with Starcraft. For them the quality of the game has always been more important than when it's released, as a lot of their games experience sales over an extremely long period of time rather just on the day of release like with a Gears of War or Zelda. They know how important SC2 is going to be. I really wouldn't be surprised to see them cut the 1st beta short and then have a 2nd longer one later. Wow, you surely know alot about how Blizzard thinks. I think they really want this game out before the holidays. Its kinda time now, they divided the game into 3 parts so they can get it out faster. Thats sets the pressure on them now I believe. | ||
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latent
United States428 Posts
Also I definitely don't know what they're thinking. I'm just guessing about the beta. It could just as easily be a quick and simple beta and release during the holidays. But I'm putting my money on a release next year. | ||
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Newnoise
Sweden44 Posts
On May 08 2009 15:47 latent wrote: They divided it into 3 parts so they could flesh out the campaign and story for each race. Apparently the fact that they're not trying to gouge people didn't get fully communicated to everyone. Also I definitely don't know what they're thinking. I'm just guessing about the beta. It could just as easily be a quick and simple beta and release during the holidays. But I'm putting my money on a release next year. Its true what you saying, but they also divided it in 3 parts so they could get the game out faster. Or else the game would be years away... Well in your first post you kinda said that you knew exactly how Blizzard was thinking... | ||
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-orb-
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maybenexttime
Poland5656 Posts
On May 08 2009 16:36 Newnoise wrote: Its true what you saying, but they also divided it in 3 parts so they could get the game out faster. Or else the game would be years away... Well in your first post you kinda said that you knew exactly how Blizzard was thinking... Not, the latter two part are not unlike their previous RTS expansions. It's just that instead of spreading the contant among all three races they decided to make each release dedicated to one particular race. It's still: vanilla - couple dozen missions, core game, bnet, etc. 2nd release - couple dozen missions, some extra units/buildings/upgrades/whatever, some improvements to bnet 3rd release - ditto Maybe the two expansions will get slightly more content than TFT. | ||
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Xith
Sweden104 Posts
On May 08 2009 16:36 Newnoise wrote: Its true what you saying, but they also divided it in 3 parts so they could get the game out faster. Or else the game would be years away... Well in your first post you kinda said that you knew exactly how Blizzard was thinking... If they decided to just release one SC2 all three campaigns would be as long as one will be now, so it wouldn't really take any longer. latent: I don't agree with the way you're thinking. Blizzard knows SC2 is important, but they wouldn't announce a beta to later close it without releasing the game, unless something unexpected comes up during the beta testing. If they'd pull the beta in it would just be bad marketing, adding more fuel to the stupid, but in many peoples eyes valid, argument against "It's done when it's done". I don't think Blizzard is stupid enough to release a game for beta that they've been working on for this long if they're not satisfied with it. If I recall correctly Blizzard has also stated that their aim is to release one game a year, and with the latest wow expansion being their latest 'game' in November last year I'm guessing for a SC2 release this year. | ||
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SaftKalasEmil
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