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KodoU-
Profile Joined November 2006
United States129 Posts
May 20 2007 08:24 GMT
#1
Recently I found myself asking people on other threads, do you think its possible blizzard will make SC2 p2p, and nobody has answered, so I figured I\'d just start my own thread, I havnt read anything about it anywhere and its a question I think will determine whether alot of people play or not.
I honestly think with the way blizzard has been going its probably gonna end up being a P2P online game.
What do you guys think and why.
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jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-20 08:27:27
May 20 2007 08:25 GMT
#2
?!?

define p2p please

edit: ok now I saw the title I clicked
hmmm pretty sure it's free online
blizzard would get hated
and they get plenty of wow money anyway
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eekmice
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States373 Posts
May 20 2007 08:27 GMT
#3
no
Zironic
Profile Joined May 2007
Sweden341 Posts
May 20 2007 08:27 GMT
#4
Since Blizzard hasn't confirmned nor denied the possibility of a subscription fee for the battle.net for Starcraft 2 some people are currently in fear of having to pay in order to play Starcraft 2 online.
jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
May 20 2007 08:28 GMT
#5
wow I just realized theres like 60 threads in the sc2 already!
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20168 Posts
May 20 2007 08:29 GMT
#6
if they make it p2p it will kill sc2
they already make several hundred thousand/million from WoW anyways per month.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
May 20 2007 08:30 GMT
#7
Seriously though; they have said sc2 will be the ultimate competetive RTS. No way they gonna make people pay for using it.
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dementus
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Singapore1153 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-20 08:36:22
May 20 2007 08:33 GMT
#8
it's possible. wow proved that if there's a solid product, most people are willing to pay to play. on the flip side, having to pay a subscription fee also means receiving better b.net support, yes? no more groaning about late (poor) patches, map hackers, etc etc.

edit: ok fine, i confess. i'll break down and cry if it was pay to play.
"I couldn't stop myself from having unreal macro and sick timing senses."
istealhotelsoap
Profile Joined February 2007
United States514 Posts
May 20 2007 08:34 GMT
#9
if sc2 was p2p-- i'd stick to sc1.
vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
May 20 2007 08:35 GMT
#10
hahaha are you insane
Moderatorfollow me on twitter if u think ur so tough @BooyaCow
KodoU-
Profile Joined November 2006
United States129 Posts
May 20 2007 08:38 GMT
#11
On May 20 2007 17:35 vGl-CoW wrote:
hahaha are you insane

is who insane?

and i dont know, like i said if SC 2 ends up being P2P it could determine whether alot of people play it or not. but yes if we have to pay than "the blizz support would probably be better, and no hackers or bad patches"

But i have come to the conclusion that Blizz doesnt really care about customers anymore and what they want or dont want. my example
Diablo II
they have a ladder season thats supposed to roll like every 6 months? its been around for almost 3 years and its rolled over once.
Apparantly Blizzard is running low on its ability to give Customer satisfaction.
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.kaz
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
1963 Posts
May 20 2007 08:38 GMT
#12
On May 20 2007 17:28 jtan wrote:
wow I just realized theres like 60 threads in the sc2 already!


Hell, it's about time.
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
May 20 2007 08:42 GMT
#13
Blizz would face a backlash, they make more than enough off of WoW, which ironically probably delayed/interrupted SC2 development, with Battle.net still being free.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5758 Posts
May 20 2007 08:45 GMT
#14
How would you play on a PSP, it is too difficult to control. =]
vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
May 20 2007 08:46 GMT
#15
On May 20 2007 17:38 KodoU- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 20 2007 17:35 vGl-CoW wrote:
hahaha are you insane

is who insane?

and i dont know, like i said if SC 2 ends up being P2P it could determine whether alot of people play it or not. but yes if we have to pay than "the blizz support would probably be better, and no hackers or bad patches"

But i have come to the conclusion that Blizz doesnt really care about customers anymore and what they want or dont want. my example
Diablo II
they have a ladder season thats supposed to roll like every 6 months? its been around for almost 3 years and its rolled over once.
Apparantly Blizzard is running low on its ability to give Customer satisfaction.



Look, Starcraft has free Battle net, and back when it was new, it had an active ladder which was regularly cleaned up by Blizzard, and it'd still be receiving tons of support if it wasn't almost ten years old.

There's no reason for Blizzard to not do the same for SC II. Besides, nobody charges monthly fees for anything that isn't an MMO game. It's not accepted and they would catch way too much flak for it.

I always hate it when people say that Blizzard hates their users. You can't expect them to keep nursing an old game like SC or Diablo when they have newer and more important babies running around. And guess who the shiniest, newest baby is? Yeah, SC II.
Moderatorfollow me on twitter if u think ur so tough @BooyaCow
Zironic
Profile Joined May 2007
Sweden341 Posts
May 20 2007 08:48 GMT
#16
What disgusts me is that Blizzard representatives are obviously considering charging for battle.net as a possibility as they havn't yet denied it. They probably won't dare to actually do it but just the thought that they consider it...
Dariush
Profile Joined April 2007
Romania330 Posts
May 20 2007 08:48 GMT
#17
I wouldnt mind paying if it was like $10 per month , but still i dont thiknk so.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
May 20 2007 08:49 GMT
#18
But if they had more important "babies" to consider, why even implement a D2 ladder, and new runes etc. If they weren't going to maintain it?
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
May 20 2007 08:49 GMT
#19
It would be very dangerous for blizz to make p2p. Because you dont play RTS games like you do with MMO's and RPG's. Some months youll play heaps, some months you wont play much at all. If you gotta pay money for a couple of games at the end of the month, people just arent going to be bothered and starcraft 2 will die.

Also, with wow your paying your monthly fee for a world that is interactive and can be played single player. In an RTS multiplayer environment you are relying on other players for your entertainment. Do you get a refund if your opponents are noobs?
DrainX
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Sweden3187 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-05-20 08:52:50
May 20 2007 08:50 GMT
#20
Has there ever been a non MMO game that cost to play? You know MMOs have a monthly fee for a reason its not only the develepors being greedy (Although thats a factor too ) Would be kind of cool if there was a rather cheap monthly fee though if most of it went to pricemoney in online tours and ladders
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