Tue, Dec 04, 2012 | 17:39 GMT

StarCraft 2 F2P – the “math just isn’t there,” says Morhaime

StarCraft 2 or its multiplayer won’t be going free-to-play anytime soon. According to Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime, the “math just isn’t there.”

Speaking with PCGamesN at a recent IPL event, Morhaime called questions on the game going F2P “frustrating.”

“It’s a little frustrating the question keeps coming up because the math just isn’t there to support the assumptions behind that argument,” he said. “StarCaft 2 has the most value of any entertainment property out there. I mean, jeez, if you bought it during Black Friday, it was 50% off, 20 bucks. Compare that to the price of your so-called free-to-play games. Twenty dollars and you can play it practically forever.

“There are a lot of people who have purchased StarCraft and our other games, and they know what the value is.”

Morhaime’s comments suggest the firm looked into such a conversion, a move mentioned by lead designer Dustin Browder back in September, and found the idea lacking.

6 comments

Sini
04/12/12, 5:50 pm

Yeah, he is right with S2, but with WoW it’s a different matter, I just can’t justify paying $15 per month for it anymore with the competitors fp2 mmos.

OlderGamer
04/12/12, 5:55 pm

Sini +1

deathm00n
04/12/12, 6:01 pm

But in my country I need to pay a subscription of 7$ to play StarCraft 2.
The only way to get the game forever is buying the collector’s edition

Kabby
04/12/12, 7:39 pm

By ‘math’ he means money. And by ‘being there’ he means in his pocket.

roadkill
04/12/12, 7:50 pm

Well said Kabby!