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[dimb]

The term "Free to Play" is starting to be rampantly abused.

 

[Kalnos]

Damage control for the upcoming conference call? Can't wait to hear what the WoW subs are at now.

Wasn't this scheduled for today?

 

[Zzoram]

Ya "free to play" is a bit misleading. This is an enhanced online demo.

 

[Interfectum]

Wasn't this scheduled for today?

Yeah in like two hours.

 

[Yoshichan]

Hmm conference? Will we get any new info about HotS, D3 or WoW or just the typical boring stuff?

 

[Interfectum]

Hmm conference? Will we get any new info about HotS, D3 or WoW or just the typical boring stuff?

I'm guessing boring stuff, with nuggets of new info (WoW expansion to be announced at Blizzcon) and some damage control.

 

[MAtgS]

Man what timing, I'm getting a new laptop in 2 days. With this I feel more confident on spending the whole budget on the machine itself & not getting new games till later.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

The region free-ness of it is what intrigues me more than anything.

 

[ultron87]

The region free-ness of it is what intrigues me more than anything.

Yeah, hopefully this is another step towards cross-region play.

 

[Orcastar]

Free to play my ass. I'll give it a whirl though, just to see if my crappy laptop can run it properly.

 

[Yoshichan]

Free to play my ass. I'll give it a whirl though, just to see if my crappy laptop can run it properly.

Perfect. Enjoy getting addicted ♥

 

[Nirolak]

Yeah in like two hours.

For an exact time:

Aug 3, 2011, 1:30 PM PT: Activision Blizzard Second Quarter Calendar 2011 Results Conference Call

http://investor.activision.com/

 

[Unconditional]

free to play. get addictted and buy. join in the fun.

 

[Yoshichan]

Also when you try the trial out, don't forget to join the best community thread on GAF:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435469

You can thank me later.

 

[BigTnaples]

Can't wait to get some reluctant friends to start playing.

 

[LakeEarth]

Just to be clear, someone with a full version can play the demo version friends as long as it's those particular maps, right?

 

[The Lamonster]

Could I play vs computer skirmishes with a buddy online if he has the free version??

Anybody know?

 

[Zzoram]

Just to be clear, someone with a full version can play the demo version friends as long as it's those particular maps, right?

Supposedly yes. It's still very feature-limited though, you can't use matchmaking.

 

[Zzoram]

Anybody know?

Why not try it? It's free.

 

[Thoraxes]

Yeah, it's probably damage control for WoW subs.
A ton of people have quit... Which is what happens when you release no new (as in brand spanking new) content for almost 7 months and keep only the same 3 raids.

Hopefully they'll have learned their lesson and they'll push it faster next time.

Anywho, not to go off-rails, i'm going to download the game. I've been wanting to play for a while, and $60 is just too steep for me. I was just going to wait until it dropped down to $40 in a sale, but this is fine too.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Why not try it? It's free.

Maybe he doesn't want to download 7 gigs if it doesn't have what he wants to try?

 

[Nirolak]

For an exact time:

Aug 3, 2011, 1:30 PM PT: Activision Blizzard Second Quarter Calendar 2011 Results Conference Call

http://investor.activision.com/

20 minutes until it starts.

 

[DMczaf]

Release Demo


Call it Free 2 Play

 

[mxgt]

Seems like a good move to get more people in to the game. It's awesome.

Too bad you're stuck with shitty Terran!

 

[AppleMIX]

Release Demo


Call it Free 2 Play

Oh come on, this has way more content than a demo.

 

[Scum]

in my days, we called it 'shareware'

:lol

 

[SneakyStephan]

Not the full game... So it's basically a demo?

Second post nails it.

Has it really come to people not knowing what a demo looks like?
If I call my cat a dragon, it's still a cat.

Oh come on, this has way more content than a demo.

I suggest you try the dawn of war II demo.

You can't demo an rts based on one tutorial mission.

 

[Ikuu]

Oh come on, this has way more content than a demo.

It's still a demo, if it were Free 2 Play then you would be able to unlock other parts.

 

[TxdoHawk]

So can you just pay for an unlock key after getting this, if you decide to?

 

[Pirabear]

Had the game since launch but barely play it cause I get annihilated most of the time. Facing the new F2Pers will be a nice self esteem boost.

Spoiler

;_;

 

[Kyaw]

So, all the community/online focused games coming out in the near future are going to be free to play?

I think i can get used to this trend.

 

[Akuun]

Maybe this is a good way for P/Z players to pick up Terran without screwing with their ladder points.

 

[DR3AM]

cool. hope my pc can handle it, if it can, i will probably buy it. was there a "regular" demo before?

 

[ultron87]

Maybe this is a good way for P/Z players to pick up Terran without screwing with their ladder points.

You can't play ladder with the demo unfortunately.

 

[erpg]

cool. hope my pc can handle it, if it can, i will probably buy it. was there a "regular" demo before?

There was a timed 7hr demo card that came with the retail game. Think that's about it.

 

[MysticX]

it´s not free to play, it´s shareware all over again, but I like that idea

but dónt call it f2p when it isn´t

 

[Zzoram]

So can you just pay for an unlock key after getting this, if you decide to?

If it's the same client but the free versions just get a starter account, then theoretically unlocking the full game on your Battle.net account should let you log into the full version.

However, if the client is different, you'd need to install the full client. I'm not sure what they're doing right now.

 

[TheSeks]

Oh come on, this has way more content than a demo.

Release Huge Demo

Call it Free 2 Play.

Spoiler

Happy, now?

 

[Sutton Dagger]

If it's the same client but the free versions just get a starter account, then theoretically unlocking the full game on your Battle.net account should let you log into the full version.

However, if the client is different, you'd need to install the full client. I'm not sure what they're doing right now.

This is my biggest question, I want to download this 'demo' and I'm hoping I can just 'unlock' the full game from there.

 

[Helmholtz]

With most of the campaign being locked, and ranked play being locked, this is really more of a demo and less sc2 going f2p.
It's better than most demos though, that's for sure.

 

[KKRT00]

I would pay 5-10$ for Zerg+Protoss upgrade. I'm not interested in full game, but i would like from time to time to play with a friend online.

 

[Wallach]

Useful for the replay watching.

 

[FieryBalrog]

Well looks like "magical" region free technology has arrived at least!

Now enable region gateways for CUSTOM games. No one is asking for ladder because yes there will be lag.

 

[Kamaki]

I'm actually pretty happy with this, yeah I know it's just a largish demo for the game but it's nice that they let me at least try out the multiplayer.

It's funny actually as I was thinking about buying this yesterday, playing some single player was enough to convince me to actually get it. I'm sure the moment I jump online I'll get destroyed though.