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Blizzard COO: We're not milking StarCraft 2

NewsPublish Date 12/11/2008 - 4:55pm GMT

Paul Sams gives us his word releasing StarCraft II in 3 parts was not a monetary decision.

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Choppa

They're definitely milking it, activisions ownership of blizzard has put me off due to their "hasteness" of releasing sequals to high rating games that are of poor quaility.

By the way, you will have to buy ALL 3 games to play multiplayer, as each pack will be an expanison with new units for each race + the new campaign, sure firstly you'll have the core, but like Brood Wars, D2 LoD, and even all the wow expansions, you'll need to have it or be left behind

I can see why so many peple threaten to pirate it, but with all the money WoW makes them, I dont think they care.

Posted 23:49 on 12 November 2008

FantasyMeister@ kPod

I don't think Blizzard would ever dare milk the Starcraft franchise, mainly because they don't need to - World of Warcraft generates an equivalent income to the GDP of 10 small countries, hence why Paul Sams is denying the accusation of milking so vehemently.

I think Blizzard are going out of their way to deliver as much Starcraft goodness as early as possible to keep their fans happy, if it means doing it in 3 chunks so be it, but I think they'll be very nice chunks.

Posted 23:28 on 12 November 2008

kPod

It sounds like they're going for a Dawn of War-esque method of releasing, albeit without adding races as they go.

And that game series was still venturing into the top ten two years after it's original release, with the release of the last expansion pack, Soulstorm.

Let's not forget that this is a PC game, and hence will be cheaper than a console game, too.

Posted 23:18 on 12 November 2008

Bloodstorm

Pedros who told you that? If you followed the games announcement of course there will be, you'll be able to have skirmishes no problem, it's the campaign that's split into 3.

Posted 19:57 on 12 November 2008

orakga

"The customers, the players of Blizzard games have rewarded us handsomely for making the right decisions on gameplay"

I think he's thinking about four years ago. Blizzard hasn't released anything since WoW, so to assume that the market will still respond the same way is a huuuuge assumption.

I agree with Pedros. If the multi-player portion can be played without needing to be constantly upgraded (by paying $50+ for each sequel), then I'd be happy. But if they're going to be charging us for a full copy of each "episode" to keep playing multi-player, then their actions will speak for themselves; Blizzard will in fact be milking its IP.

Posted 18:51 on 12 November 2008

Pedros

It is still unclear whether the full multiplayer experience will be available with the first game alone. If so, I can live with the split parts formula.

Posted 18:04 on 12 November 2008

dreamhunk

The more starcraft games the better.

Posted 17:51 on 12 November 2008

Joseph

I'm ok with it....as long as there is a spawn version of the first one. If there isn't, there will be hell to pay.

Posted 17:36 on 12 November 2008

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Release Date:	27/07/2010
Developer:	Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher:	Blizzard Entertainment
Genre:	Real-time strategy
No. Players:	1 + Online
Rating:	PEGI 16+
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