By making great games and offering alternative pricing models for them that are probably better for peoples' financial well-being?DNA said:
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StarCraft II Will Have Monthly Fees, But Only In Russia
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Why do I get the impression that Activision-Blizzard is testing to see if it goes well in Russia and if it does will slowly start releasing other games like that everywhere else.
Considering 60$ is retarded to pay for a PC title... especially from blizzard... This game should have been out 5 years ago with the engine its using. My twice replaced computer could run it, on maximum... at 60FPS...JerrytheBullfrog said:
Old shit is old. New concept: Make sequal, Transplant 12 year old engine, increase resolution add new units and structures, zoom Woah boy look out...
/yawn...
It will sell well, because people have no respect for well developed games. Anyone who says SCII is "well" developed, is blind.
I do however want my WoW minipet xD
In Soviet Russia, you pay monthly for Star.. Craft?
Shit, I screwed that up.
OT: It was Russia with a high piracy rate? I thought that wasChina The People's Republic of China.
Shit, I screwed that up.
OT: It was Russia with a high piracy rate? I thought that was
I'd say this measure is going to be about as successful as Ubisoft's DRM scheme.
And before people start thinking, that I'm saying this just on principle, let me just lay it out as to what action the pirates will do in response to this:
They will pirate the european version of SC2 and not the russian version. Game doesn't expire after 1 year and no need for subscriptions.
Quite frankly, I wouldn't say this is as clever as it proclaims itself to be. The only way it might be is if you restricted multiplayer to somekind of game .exe file checkup, but even so you won't be able to stop the single player from being pirated. Anything that doesn't require active participation from other peers, who follow the legal ways, will *always* be pirated successfuly.
But given SC2's multiplayer reputation, I can understand why this might work. But still, while you're at it why not perform the invasive .exe file checkups on all versions, not just russian ones while you're at it? Heh...
And before people start thinking, that I'm saying this just on principle, let me just lay it out as to what action the pirates will do in response to this:
They will pirate the european version of SC2 and not the russian version. Game doesn't expire after 1 year and no need for subscriptions.
Quite frankly, I wouldn't say this is as clever as it proclaims itself to be. The only way it might be is if you restricted multiplayer to somekind of game .exe file checkup, but even so you won't be able to stop the single player from being pirated. Anything that doesn't require active participation from other peers, who follow the legal ways, will *always* be pirated successfuly.
But given SC2's multiplayer reputation, I can understand why this might work. But still, while you're at it why not perform the invasive .exe file checkups on all versions, not just russian ones while you're at it? Heh...
