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Forums - PC Discussion - Starcraft 2: first month sales: over 3 million

DirtyP2002 on 03 September 2010
Foamer said:

But they're still making money, right?


just like every other developer for every other platform. So this is no advantage for the PC developer.



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Foamer on 03 September 2010

So how many console games from ten years ago are still selling in decent quantities?



KungKras on 03 September 2010
RageBot said:
KungKras said:

The game better get a kickass pro-scene or I will be dissapoint.


Err, it already has, just a week ago there was a big tourney in Germany, with a 15,000$ prize pool (and 5,000 for first place) called Interl Extreme Masters (IEM), it was during Gamescom.

Also, like two days ago there was a MLG SC2 tourney in North Carolina, and the winner took 2500$.

Not to mention the international SC2 competitions in South Korea, sponsored by Blizzard and hosted be Gomnet (or something like that!) - monthly tournemants with a first prize of 85,000$ (although, you must qualify for the tourney physically in Korea)


Still, the big name korean players haven't made the shift yet, and that's what's important. Almost all players SC2 has now are boring to watch, except TLO.



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HexenLord on 03 September 2010

PC gaming hasn't died. Its merging with consoles. 2 generations from now you will be able to use your home console as a dedicated PC. Eventually the line will be so thin that other huge competitors will join the market.

 

Don't forget, most of the top earning gaming franchises of all time are on the PC. In this case, Blizzard owns most of them, lol.



ethomaz on 03 September 2010
shio said:
Now it's certain to sell 20 millions. Starcraft 2 is selling WAY faster than Starcraft 1.

Starcraft 2 sold 3 millions in it's first month.

Starcraft sold 1.5 million in it's first 8 months.

Massive worldwide release vs. some country releases.



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KungKras on 03 September 2010
HexenLord said:

PC gaming hasn't died. Its merging with consoles. 2 generations from now you will be able to use your home console as a dedicated PC. Eventually the line will be so thin that other huge competitors will join the market.

 

Don't forget, most of the top earning gaming franchises of all time are on the PC. In this case, Blizzard owns most of them, lol.


PC gaming and console gaming are not merging, how would such a scenario even look like?



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mirgro on 03 September 2010
HexenLord said:

PC gaming hasn't died. Its merging with consoles. 2 generations from now you will be able to use your home console as a dedicated PC. Eventually the line will be so thin that other huge competitors will join the market.

 

Don't forget, most of the top earning gaming franchises of all time are on the PC. In this case, Blizzard owns most of them, lol.


That's not true. Maxis has the Sims as well.



HexenLord on 03 September 2010
KungKras said:
HexenLord said:

PC gaming hasn't died. Its merging with consoles. 2 generations from now you will be able to use your home console as a dedicated PC. Eventually the line will be so thin that other huge competitors will join the market.

 

Don't forget, most of the top earning gaming franchises of all time are on the PC. In this case, Blizzard owns most of them, lol.


PC gaming and console gaming are not merging, how would such a scenario even look like?

How would it look? Oh I don't know... USB ports standard on consoles, standard PC/Laptop HDDs in consoles, web browsing, picture/music storage, chat programs, plug and play PC USB keyboards, webcams, built-in wifi..... oh wait, kinda sounds like this gen doesn't it?

 

Next gen will be even more of a meld. The gen after.... well you get the picture. 



tallgnome on 03 September 2010
KungKras said:


Still, the big name korean players haven't made the shift yet, and that's what's important. Almost all players SC2 has now are boring to watch, except TLO.

Same thing happened with counterstrike took awhile but most moved from 1.6 to CS:S



KungKras on 03 September 2010
HexenLord said:
KungKras said:
HexenLord said:

PC gaming hasn't died. Its merging with consoles. 2 generations from now you will be able to use your home console as a dedicated PC. Eventually the line will be so thin that other huge competitors will join the market.

 

Don't forget, most of the top earning gaming franchises of all time are on the PC. In this case, Blizzard owns most of them, lol.


PC gaming and console gaming are not merging, how would such a scenario even look like?

How would it look? Oh I don't know... USB ports standard on consoles, standard PC/Laptop HDDs in consoles, web browsing, picture/music storage, chat programs, plug and play PC USB keyboards, webcams, built-in wifi..... oh wait, kinda sounds like this gen doesn't it?

 

Next gen will be even more of a meld. The gen after.... well you get the picture. 

That has happened because the Playstation style of consoles disrupted PC gaming and is slowly absorbing its content and features. I wouldn't call that a merge as much as I would call it disruption, or some sort of paracite-host relationship, but definatley not merger. However, that same style of console is now being disrupted, so there is no guarantee that the future of consoles is for them to become even more similar to PC gaming. I just can't imagine a realistic scenario in wich console gaming and PC gaming will become the same, especially not now when SC2 has reinvigorated the RTS market, I expect copycats to try and make their own RTS games soon.



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