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PIJAMA
Brazil137 Posts
But anyway, I was thinking about it when I woke up this morning. Many friends of mine will stop playing StarCraft 2 on Diablo 3 release. I want to know what the community thinks about this fact. Will too many people quit playing SC2? Will it increase the gap between koreans and foreigners too much? Edit: Poll suggested by Reasonable User was warned for posting a low content OP. Leaving thread open for discussion. | |||
bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
It remains to be seen if this will have long-term impacts about getting new blood into the pro scene, but that would be a concern even without Diablo III in the picture and there's still HotS coming. | |||
dartoo
India2500 Posts
Whereas the people who play sc2, yes there will be a temporary drop, till they finish the game a few times. The people who drift from one game to another have probably already drifted away after two years, and the ones that remain are the ones that just like the game a lot. | |||
ThaZenith
Canada3082 Posts
This topic is a little embarrassing. Although it would be hilarious to see all the top level SC2 foreigners quit to play D3, cementing korean domination for all time. ^^ | |||
PIJAMA
Brazil137 Posts
On April 03 2012 22:10 bonifaceviii wrote: I think you have to break up the effects between the esports scene and the overall Blizzard gaming public. The esports scene will barely be impacted, if at all. It remains to be seen if this will have long-term impacts about getting new blood into the pro scene, but that would be a concern even without Diablo III in the picture and there's still HotS coming. I totally skipped the fact that HotS is coming. Now thinking better about it, if there is gonna be a huge amount of people stopping to play SC2, a lot of those persons may come back on HotS. I've being concerned about SC2 foreign scene lately since people are doing so bad in GSL and thinking in how long will it take until koreans dominate the whole scene like in BW. | |||
Dac
Canada452 Posts
On April 03 2012 22:58 ThaZenith wrote: Lol, are you serious? You think some random game, even one like D3 that's gonna be fun, will 'diminish the foreign scene'? This topic is a little embarrassing. Although it would be hilarious to see all the top level SC2 foreigners quit to play D3, cementing korean domination for all time. ^^ To be fair i think he was referring to the fan base. Not the pro-gamers. I think an argument can be made that some people will play sc2 less and might therefore be less interested in watching the pro-scene. But I think for the most part, casual players will get distracted but that always the case when big games come around. | |||
Jiyakku
England19 Posts
But (and I think this will remain true for a lot of people in the SC2 community who have an interest in Diablo), my viewing of SC2 pro streams & tournaments will continue at near full capacity. Considering this, that SC2 is largely about watching rather than playing for a lot people, the SC2 pro scene will not be affected by a decline in views because people won't want to stop their viewing experience. Esports won't suffer less revenue, and if they do, it would be negligible. | |||
SeeDLiNg
United States669 Posts
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HardlyNever
United States1249 Posts
As far as viewership, it is hard to say. I would expect a small dip in average views for any events that would be in the first week or 2 of D3's release. | |||
Maggost
Venezuela261 Posts
On April 03 2012 21:46 PIJAMA wrote: Since the subject is about both (Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3), I didn´t know where exactly to post it. But anyway, I was thinking about it when I woke up this morning. Many friends of mine will stop playing StarCraft 2 on Diablo 3 release. I want to know what the community thinks about this fact. Will too many people quit playing SC2? Will it increase the gap between koreans and foreigners too much? I will quit playing SC2 for sure, that game is for people smart or who played RTS games for so long and i am not that type of person, plus it makes me rage a lot so Diablo 3 will be more relaxing for me. | |||
dUTtrOACh
Canada2152 Posts
I think I need to find some SC2 friends who don't give a shit about Diablo, or things will be pretty lonely come May 15th. | |||
imPermanenCe
Netherlands592 Posts
On April 03 2012 23:06 PIJAMA wrote: I totally skipped the fact that HotS is coming. Now thinking better about it, if there is gonna be a huge amount of people stopping to play SC2, a lot of those persons may come back on HotS. I've being concerned about SC2 foreign scene lately since people are doing so bad in GSL and thinking in how long will it take until koreans dominate the whole scene like in BW. A question for you: Do you see any professional SC2 player quitting SC2 for a casual game like Diablo 3? I'm pretty sure that you can find a good answer on that one, thus also answering your own question. | |||
PIJAMA
Brazil137 Posts
On April 03 2012 23:07 Dac wrote: To be fair i think he was referring to the fan base. Not the pro-gamers. I think an argument can be made that some people will play sc2 less and might therefore be less interested in watching the pro-scene. But I think for the most part, casual players will get distracted but that always the case when big games come around. Actually it was something like this I was thinking about. Like how it would affect the 'future foreign progamers production' since in my opinion both Diablo and Starcraft fans and even the games have a couple more things in common then SC and some other random game. Maybe D3 can bring even more people to SC2, since they can acknowledge SC2 through D3, I don´t know. As it was said before both games have a different focus. D3 is more single player and SC2 is more competition. I am so anxious about D3 release, but I cannot leave the game I love the most behind. | |||
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