SC2 Priced: $60 for standard edition, $100 for collector's

[Kromis]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/108/1082513p1.html

Standard Edition

Collector's Edition

Contains:

• The Art of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, a 176-page book featuring artwork from the game

• An exclusive 2GB USB flash drive replica of Jim Raynor's dog tag, which comes preloaded with the original StarCraft and the StarCraft: Brood War expansion set

• A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, cinematics with director's commentary, and more

• The official StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty soundtrack CD, containing 14 epic tracks from the game along with exclusive bonus tracks

• StarCraft comic book issue #0, a prequel to the comic series

• A World of Warcraft mini Thor in-game pet that can be applied to all World of Warcraft characters on a single Battle.net account

• Exclusive Battle.net downloadable content, including special portraits for your Battle.net profile, decals to customize your units in-game, and a visually unique version of the terran Thor unit

Activision, you goddamn cocksuckers. Fuck you and your $60 price tag.

 

[redz]

WC3 was $60 when it first came out, too.

 

[Anubis]

every single console game is 60$ is the norm not sure why you are bitching

anyway time to preorder the CE

 

[SonicIce]

isle wait year or 2 for expansion pack comes out and get battlechest

 

[Karsten]

If you can... why not charge that much. In any case, SCII will be a better purchase than Modern Warefare 2 was.

 

[Kromis]

WC3 was $60 when it first came out, too.

Hahaha, yes, I almost forgot about that.

every single console game is 60$ is the norm not sure why you are bitching

anyway time to preorder the CE

PC games are usually $50, not $60 which is why I'm sad!

 

[jlee]

I'll probably wait 'till Amazon has it for 30 bucks. It took about a month for Fallout 3 to hit $30..I think that was a $50 release, though.

 

[shortylickens]

60 bucks for a kick ass game is perfectly reasonable. And despite the bitching, millions of people will buy it.
Theres a concept called "supply and demand" which some folks are not familiar with.
This game took years to make, and they used an assload of highly talented people to do it. They got paid, trust me. No one worked on this project for free..

In fact for as much play time as most of you will put into it, 60 dollars is practically a bargain.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I'll probably wait 'till Amazon has it for 30 bucks. It took about a month for Fallout 3 to hit $30..I think that was a $50 release, though.

Took MW2 about 2 months for it to hit $40 on PC.

 

[KeithTalent]

I'll need to try a demo first.

KT

 

[EvilComputer92]

60 bucks for a kick ass game is perfectly reasonable. And despite the bitching, millions of people will buy it.
Theres a concept called "supply and demand" which some folks are not familiar with.
This game took years to make, and they used an assload of highly talented people to do it. They got paid, trust me. No one worked on this project for free..

In fact for as much play time as most of you will put into it, 60 dollars is practically a bargain.

MW2 was 60 also, and millions of people bought it. I guess it's an amazing game.



I'll wait till it drops to $40.

 

[MikeyLSU]

any release date yet?

 

[Genx87]

Ill be in for a standard edition.

 

[SunnyD]

Let me know when it's on Steam's weekend sale for $20.

 

[Mike Gayner]

The hilarious tihng is the faggy fanbois will actually pay $60 or $100 for it. Remember when MW2 came out at $60 and people were crying about the sky falling and how it will never work and they'll never pay that much for a game etc etc? I lolled at that too.


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[ChaoZ]

The hilarious tihng is the faggy fanbois will actually pay $60 or $100 for it. Remember when MW2 came out at $60 and people were crying about the sky falling and how it will never work and they'll never pay that much for a game etc etc? I lolled at that too.

It wasn't about the price. It was about the lack of features you get for the price. Anyway, give me a beta key if I preorder. I can't take it anymore. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

 

[lupi]

Interesting.










Lololololololololololololololol

 

[mfenn]

All I can say is that the Amazon.com pre-order price guarantee rules. They usually list big games well in advance of official pricing. So as long as you hold onto that pre-order, you get it for whatever price the monkey put it in as. If you find it for cheaper somewhere else, then you just cancel the pre-order because you didn't have to put any money down. On top of all of that, they usually offer $10-$20 credit if you pre-order.

So yeah, Amazon.com rules.

 

[smackababy]

I will probably be one of those Collector's Edition buying "fools" everyone talks about. I think the game will be worth the $60 plus, I feel there is added value. SC Battelchest is still at least $20, plus the in game WoW pet is (based on what blizzard sells them for) $10. Add in the other stuff and it comes out to be a decent enough deal for me to buy it.

 

[rcpratt]

I'll need to try a demo first.

KT

Download the beta and play against the AI.

It's a pretty fun game. I think I'll pay the $60.

 

[paperfist]

60 bucks for a kick ass game is perfectly reasonable. And despite the bitching, millions of people will buy it.
Theres a concept called "supply and demand" which some folks are not familiar with.
This game took years to make, and they used an assload of highly talented people to do it. They got paid, trust me. No one worked on this project for free..

In fact for as much play time as most of you will put into it, 60 dollars is practically a bargain.

And there are millions who won't at that price

What's wrong with not wanting to conform with a higher price tag just because? Before you know it it'll be $70.

 

[KeithTalent]

Download the beta and play against the AI.

It's a pretty fun game. I think I'll pay the $60.

I never got an invite to the beta.

KT

 

[Genx87]

Let me know when it's on Steam's weekend sale for $20.

May want to bookmark sometime in the 2016 timeframe

 

[rcpratt]

I never got an invite to the beta.

KT

You can play the AI without an invite.

 

[Modular]

I never got an invite to the beta.

KT

There's a way to still download the game and play against the AI without having a beta key. I haven't really looked into it, but I suppose I should. I've been wanting to give this game a try, but can't get a beta key. If anyone knows of a legit place to download the beta from please let me know!