Starcraft in Aljazeera!

[s]starcraft[/s]When Aljazeera makes a news post about Starcraft and Internet PC gaming in China, in the middle of a war in the middle east, you know that globalization is here to stay. As I mentioned in my previous » article a week ago the future of Starcraft is pretty much secure.

I am still mesmerized at Blizzard's partial inactivity. They truly must be having severe internal problems and a total disregard for what most businessmen would refer to as a Golden Opportunity. I understand that they are putting their main effort on WOW given the fact that MMORPGs are immensely popular especially in Asia. But the hardware and connectivity is simple not there yet to support it in the vast majority of Asia.

I also understand their thinking when they decided to go for the console market, with Ghost, that I am sure will reap them very good results in the West. However, having said all this I simply do not understand their absolute silence with regards to Starcraft. A simple expansion, with next to zero investment and risk would earn them the sky. Business seldom ignores opportunities such as the one that is being presented to it now. The time window to capitalize this opportunity is now.

Maybe I am underestimating Blizzard. If I were a betting man, I would bet a Starcraft expansion will appear sometime in the near future, but then again I am not a betting man. Read this interesting article about PC gaming in China that is original, not only in its content, but as a source!

Let me give you a small quote from it:
"The trick though according to Internet bar owner Si Chaoming is to have games that will get people coming back."

I think Broodwar with its current momentum in Asia and its low hardware and conectivity requirements stands in a unique unparallelled position. Wake up Blizzard!

I am still scratching my head in amusement.

» Aljazeera.net

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Aljazeera.net - Artcile about the growth of Starcraft and PC gaming in China