Comments on: Starcraft 2 costs $100

By: Baconmonster

Baconmonster — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:37:42 +0000

Anyone who has played the first game and it’s expansion knows that they contained roughly 30 campaign maps. However, they were split between the three races. Blizzard is simply taking a new approach. Provide you with 30 missions per race, per game. Honestly i like it. It give more feeling to the lore behind the games. It makes me at least appreciate the fact that they are putting some thought into all aspects of the game. And honestly people, when has blizzard ever, and im going to put some emphasis here EVER, steered you wrong.

By: BagelJester

BagelJester — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:41:41 +0000

I dont see what the problem is, it seems like many of you guys would just be happier if starcraft 2 never came out and you didnt have to pay 100+ dollars. Lets do some minor calculations shall we? Lets say each game 50$ each, im pretty sure that the expansions wont be this expensive but lets just say for this point it is. World of warcraft costs 20$ retail, 15$ a month. So for the price of all three starcraft 2 games you will have spent the equivilent of 7-8 months of WOW. Will you play starcraft 2 for longer than 7-8 months? Will you be happy to play it for years without paying monthly fees? I will. I look forward to the game and i hope you guys dont keep whining about the money. 150$ isnt going to kill you. It may be a little pricey but its totally going to be worth it.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:38:09 +0000

You’ve brought up a good point. Will the first installment only allow you to play terran online? I really doubt that. Probably the Online version will allow you to play all three. And with each new game you will get new units. Because when you play the terran campaign you will still have to fight against zerg and protoss. So those units and races will still be in the game itself.

By: notneps

notneps — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:08:13 +0000

WHAT THE FUCK.

The hours any true lover of SC plays the game would have been worth much more than 100 dollars in wages had they been put to work even at your local burger joint. 100USD is nothing.

Besides, you don’t need to buy all three for multiplayer, so what the hell?

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By: john

john — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:41:56 +0000

Wow, all I got to say is FUCK BLIZZARD. STUPID FUCKS SHOULD JUST GO DIE SERIOUSLY !

By: Loberia

Loberia — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:59:56 +0000

Heh, just saw the “What game is worth $100″ post.

Two words:

STEEL. BATTALION.

Pwnage!

But to the point…this seems like a standard nü-Blizzard money scheme: Jack up prices, pay-to-play, and wallow on the proceeds. Bastards.

I’m not decrying episodic-based gaming – ValvE is having some pretty notable success with that particular idea. But that’s because their stance is “Shorter, cheaper games, faster”.

Nü-Blizzard, of course, twists this around to make “Shorter, faster games, at the same price as a full-length game”. Yeah. Brilliant.

I miss the days when Blizzard was a group of game-oriented guys whacking out one winner after another. I remember the original Warcraft, and Warcraft II…hell, even the expansion! And Starcraft and Brood War! Diablo! Diablo II! Lord of Destruction!

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! The original developer team left, that’s what, and then Warcraft III came out. Okay, yeah, it was fun. Whatever. Then WoW got dropped like a festering pile of corn-turds, and the mindless chickens that make up the majority of the gamer population lost their heads and decided that it would be jolly good fun to pay $50 to buy a game and then $15 a month afterward just to PLAY the damn thing.

God-damn it, Blizzard! Battle.net was a fantastic idea, and probably got you more customers for the free online play, but now you’re just greedy – you got used to your $150 million a month income (10 million players x $15/month) and the profit is going to your head.

Screw nü-Blizzard – I want the old team back!

By: Oyvind

Oyvind — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:22:09 +0000

Forcing customers to pay full price for 1/3 of the (single player) game is not making filesharing a lesser issue. If there have been a fourth campaign with a new faction/race i would agreed to call it a expansion. Now its just seperated into 3 modules clearly to make more money. Wonder if the music industrie would stop selling full albums if they knew they would get full price for the singles

Artistry vs buisness = Money wins…

By: fire200212

fire200212 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:47:58 +0000

well hmmm that doesn’t sound much different then WoW at all i would pay any thing to play starcraft 2.

By: Rushergirl822

Rushergirl822 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:04:34 +0000

Okay, okay, okay.
You all are getting all whiny and pissy over the price of the game. I was upset by the release of three separate games instead of all 3 campaigns being in one, but I’m not crying over it.
It’s one game, and two expansion packs. The Terran campaign, which will of course be the main game, will be released first– the Protoss and Zerg campaigns as expansion packs if players want to select the alternate alien races.
You do not require all 3 for Multiplayer. As Zanarki says: “all three races will be playable in multiplayer; all units, buildings, etc will be available in multiplayer.” I would assume that it’s a little more fun to have all 3 for single player (for those of use that cannot access b.net) than just the Terran pack.
Sure, it’s going to be a little pricey, what isn’t? I’m estimating 40-50 dollars for the main Terran pack, and 30-45 dollars for each expansion.
That’s my guess.
I’m still waiting eagerly for a release date.

By: Zanarki

Zanarki — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:03:54 +0000

Just to settle some confusion;

When they release the first game, all three races will be playable in multiplayer; all units, buildings, etc will be available in multiplayer. All this effects is the single player campaign.

Thanks,

By: Duffdude

Duffdude — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:33:19 +0000

um i have to agree with “UnderLine” on this 1 id gladly pay more for a better game idk about u ppl but if u wanna be cheap then go play with your gameboy or w/e real games cost more. DEAL WITH IT! o_O whining lil brats

By: Jethrow

Jethrow — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:52:01 +0000

If you think it’s to high, don’t buy it. It’s not like its food or air! You can live without it. Its called free market, supply and demand. If you wait a year of two it will be one the shelves for $10 bucks

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:36:34 +0000

Ok, lets put it this way. I spent $60 on The Force Unleashed and maybe got 5 hours of gameplay. Its the same way with a lot of games. So dont complain about $100 when you will get your moneys worth

By: Gerald Everett

Gerald Everett — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:04:54 +0000

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By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:54:33 +0000

Apparently you guys haven’t read blizzards main site. You DONT HAVE TO BUY all 3 games to play Multiplayer. The 2 expansions are purely for single-player play, but they entice you by adding some cool extra multiplayer options, etc weapons, units. It seems like it is the same example as Broodwars???

And as far as I’m concerned, they have 24-30 missions per game? So $100-$150 dollars for 72-90 missions, all taking at least an hour? Thats about a dollar an hour.

Shut your mouths, and buy the stupid games.

By: Schellenger

Schellenger — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:01:56 +0000

Hey, they could charge you to be on bnet, but they let you get on that for free. So should we really complain?

By: Costa

Costa — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:18 +0000

Let’s all be real on this one……for a gamer, a real one, 100$ is nothing…. beside if the game will have the gameplay at least of Starcraft I money will not be the problem at this level.

By: noV

noV — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:51:11 +0000

wow
noob there all on the same set so wen u buy the game u get all 3 campaign

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By: StarMars

StarMars — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:37:21 +0000

The e-sports community wants the strategy game itself not the single-player campaigns. I hope the “3 games” part isn’t true.

By: UnderLine

UnderLine — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:17:29 +0000

If you take how much time of enjoyment you get out of a game like Startcraft 2 and divide it by how much it costs it is some of the cheapest entertainment there is. People are blowing this out of proportion, All they are doing is announcing the two expansion packs early. No one would be complaining if they had just kept this under their hat. I’ll gladly pay $100 or more for a excellent game, I regularly pay around $50 for average games so I consider this getting what you pay for.

By: ukelas

ukelas — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:30:45 +0000

what??? it’s worth every cent??? no way, what game worth more than 100 dollars??? no way they can charge you for every campaign you play!!! please, dont do this to your fans!!! hope you’ve heard to what happened to SPORE… i’m willing to pay a nice amount, but don’t get that greedy

By: Zeratul

Zeratul — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:54:08 +0000

You are one cheepa$$ StarCraft fan. I will spend thousands of dollars because of Starcraft 2, because I will have to/want to buy a new PC, because I want to ENJOY the game. Oh, yeah… Another thing… Blizzard is greedy, you say! Because if you were the developer, you would give StarCraft 2 away for free, right? Get real, man! How many YEARS have the team dedicated to this game? IT’S WORTH EVERY CENT!