SearchTime limited version of Starcraft 2 offered in Latin America
Posted by "Puremiss" 1 year ago
Blizzard, in an official press release has announced a new pricing option available in Latin/South America where people can "test drive" the game for an equivalent of about $29.00USD for 6 months.
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One of our design goals for StarCraft II was to make it accessible to a wide range of players, from novices to veterans, ... The same applies to our pricing options - want to make sure our players have sufficient flexibility to enjoy the game according to their own preferences and styles of play."” - Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment.Blizzard aims to provide less "hardcore" or newer Starcraft gamers a chance to get an idea of the gameplay, for about half the price. This 6 month "subscription" to Starcraft 2 is currently only available to Latin/South America. Pricing is roughly as follows: Mexico: $299 MXN, Argentina: $119 ARS, Chile: $13,900 CLP.
Though for most Starcraft 2 gamers out there already enjoying the beta, the best deal would easily still be the $59.99USD full version of the game.
| Links |
| Blizzard.com - Press Release |
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| Wow, what a joke. That's just a rip-off. |
| Ummm you can always upgrade your SC2 account and pay the remaining money for unlimited access. No big deal. This is for people who are like not sure if they want to keep playing Starcraft 2 after a while. That way Blizzard doesn't have to deal with any refund shit complain like people always do. "I played full prize but don't want to play this game anymore. Can I have my money back?" Stuff like that is what Blizzard wants to avoid. |
| and Perú? |
| mmm, i prefer buy the full game...$60USD is not too much |
| Imo this is pretty nice feature. |
| this is obviously for StarCraft New Players only, and for people with medium-low resources, test it - buy it / not to buy it, I have doubts if this comercial strategy would give good results, anyway, is another option. |
| racist much blizzard thanks (jk) (not really), (jk) |
| hopefully on the first day of its release people here in my country would just be as ecstatic as I am :D |
| Well for the people who doesn´t have a lot of info from latin america, this is good for people who really doesn´t have a very good economy, here in Mexico a lot of gamers are really eager to buy the complete but a lot more they don´t have enough money to do it, prbably this will help a lot of people here in LAbut we will see. |
| If they want to buy the game after the "test drive" do they have to pay 30$ or do they still have to pay the full 60$? |
| 60 dollars dont seem to be too much, concidering u will be playing this another 10 years if lucky. |
| no offense but i think if you dont have 30 bucks to spare you wont have a computer/network able to run this game decently... |
| mmm it will be in Santiago... |
| to me this is another thing pointing out that blizz is really just makeing a game that you dont even care about anymore half a year down the track .. these areas of the world ... to rip them off so bad .. i mean did i missunderstand somethin ? after 6 months you have just a bunch of crap you once did pay like what like 30 bugs for ? omg .. its not the blizzard i used to know .. .. allready sayed it in other threads .. i allready have enough of sc2 tho its not relased yet .. blizz blew it but hey .. there must be other cool things besides gameing |
| Hey...they forgot us...brazilians, jesus crist, we have the best e-sport scene in latin america; i mean, CS - mibr team, dota (that i really hate) and we had a great Wc3 scene with pato and misty(2005-2007). C´mon!! About the economy issue, the mexican guy is right, fresh pc games (or playstation 3) r too expensive here that´s why we have so much piracy( unfortunatly) and it´s a nice thing made by Blizzard GJ. |
| sucks for South America ... ; / |
| ^ How does it suck for Latin America if they can always upgrade their account for unlimited access or buy the full game? Again no big deal if you read the whole thing. "Quienes prefieran tener acceso ilimitado a la campaña para un jugador y al multijugador de StarCraft II por medio de Battle.net, podrán comprar y descargar una versión ilimitada del juego a través de Blizzard Entertainment por un precio similar al de Estados Unidos de $59.99 USD." Those who prefer having unlimited access to the single player campaign and multiplayer for Starcraft 2 on battle.net can buy a version with unlimited access to the game through Blizzard Entertainment for a similar price as the US ($59.99) |
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