After the announcement that Starcraft II would be divided into three games at BlizzCon 2008, fans have been apprehensive that Blizzard would abandon its policy of expansion packs and charge R400 for each game.
Fortunately this will not be the case says game producer Chris Sigaty. In a recent interview with Shacknews Sigaty revealed that Blizzard intends to stick to its expansion strategy with the Starcraft franchise, unless each game offers a similar level of content.
“We effectively look at it internally as expansions,” said Sigaty. “So we’ll see what that means for the price, we’re not just going to raise it and call it that for the purposes of that. We would need to offer the same content.”
According to Shacknews, Sigaty’s guess is that the Starcraft II sequels (Zerg based Heart of the Swarm and Protoss orientated Legacy of the Void) will not offer the same level of content as the original and should be priced accordingly.
“I think internally, we want to do it a little bit fast, get a full campaign out there with enhancements to the multiplayer game,” he said. “And in doing so, it would likely be an expansion-level product, and a Blizzard expansion-level product, but still something that doesn’t quite have the same content as the original.”
“Honestly, internally, how we look at it, we look at it like it’s the Frozen Throne and the Frozen Throne 2, or Brood War and Brood War 2. We think we’re adding at least that amount of content, but we’re not going to gouge people. We’re going to charge them what’s fair.”
This may come as welcome news for gamers who may currently feel less than satisfied over Blizzard’s choice not to incorporate LAN into Starcraft II.
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