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johanes
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Czech Republic2231 Posts
June 23 2008 10:15 GMT
#1
Starcraft 2 release date? 3 DEC?
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knf
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden282 Posts
June 23 2008 10:42 GMT
#2
The day has not yet come when I trust anything that joystiq.com has to say, however - it does seem to be a probable date. Another four months of development (including betas), and another month for polishing and distribution - it is very possible from a technical and a financial point of view. In short, it is a definite maybe.

Aaaah, gotta love theorycrafting about games not yet out of their alpha-stage....
I was born to fast expand!
anotak
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1537 Posts
June 23 2008 10:52 GMT
#3
that's my birthday
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
June 23 2008 10:57 GMT
#4
I think we will have to wait longer
caution.slip
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States775 Posts
June 23 2008 11:05 GMT
#5
i think so too, according to the blizzcast they said they've been working on the queen for 2 years, and imo its still in a terrible state. They said zerg needs a lot of work.
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shimmy
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Poland997 Posts
June 23 2008 11:06 GMT
#6
Key word here is "rumor".
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Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
June 23 2008 11:07 GMT
#7
At least it would make sense for Blizzard to publish the game before Christmas, but I hope they'll spend a bit more time polishing it to perfection.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
June 23 2008 11:28 GMT
#8
Meh I think December sounds very realistic but I doubt it's an official date.
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yejin
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
France493 Posts
June 23 2008 12:09 GMT
#9
Ok, 2 things you need to know about how it works for the retailers and distributors.

- They always make up dates so that retailers can have a planning for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and dates move nearly every week until there is a confirmation from the game editor.

- They always make up early dates so that retailers start pre-ordering. Every pre-order is a sure and safe 60 euros multiplied by the amount of copies ordered. This is SAFE money, they need that. cash-flow.

That means:

Do never trust these documents even if it "sometimes" can give some hints.

Blizzard won't put SCII on the market 2 months after WOLTK, no way.
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talismania
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States2364 Posts
June 23 2008 12:23 GMT
#10
you either release games at thanksgiving or in the summer... my prediction is next summer. I don't see it ready by this christmas.
aev
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
166 Posts
June 23 2008 12:57 GMT
#11
I honestly don't think Blizzard's gonna be able to release that fast(they themselves admit the game has a lot of balancing and polishing to go through)...my guess is Q2 or Q3 2009 at the absolute earliest.
Nitro68
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
France470 Posts
June 23 2008 13:09 GMT
#12
And I don't think blizzard announce release date 6 month in advance.
IPS.ZeRo
Profile Joined April 2003
Germany1142 Posts
June 23 2008 13:21 GMT
#13
On June 23 2008 20:07 Scorch wrote:
At least it would make sense for Blizzard to publish the game before Christmas, but I hope they'll spend a bit more time polishing it to perfection.


I don't think blizzard has to care about christmas. Thats more for those lower tier games that don't get sold otherwise. A game like Starcraft2, that got such a big hype about it can be sold at every time of the year.
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DeepGreen
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States175 Posts
June 23 2008 13:29 GMT
#14
December 3rd + Average Blizzard game delay = June 9th, 2009.

I'll believe this game makes it to shelves in December when I get one down myself.


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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
June 23 2008 13:48 GMT
#15
Don't be fooled, it won't be out till 09, probably April 1st too.
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LordofToast
Profile Joined May 2008
United Kingdom250 Posts
June 23 2008 14:04 GMT
#16
Its a Wednesday on the 3rd games normally get released on a Friday in the UK at Least?

I'll go with what most people have said so far in this thread possible but not probable.
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
June 23 2008 14:07 GMT
#17
Summer 2009 or later ~
ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
June 23 2008 14:13 GMT
#18
patience people

too early for CWAL....
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
June 23 2008 14:33 GMT
#19
Though it does piss me off greatly that WoW gets its third expansion before SC2 is released. Especially since its going to die once its clone is released.
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Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
June 23 2008 14:54 GMT
#20
On June 23 2008 23:33 Chuiu wrote:
Though it does piss me off greatly that WoW gets its third expansion before SC2 is released. Especially since its going to die once its clone is released.

So true. I play wow and we've lost 30% of our Guild to AoC.
Other guilds have had to disband and give up. It's practically destroyed our server.
AoC isn't even good! people are just so desperate to play something else.

Even if WAR doesn't dominate, something else will come along pretty soon.
Surely it was a mistake by Blizzard not to release something new?

If you read the article it's just random game selling companies making a date up. It's no better a guess than mine or yours.


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