Hmm, it’s true, the only thing that is keeping the event interesting is Blizzard’s Starcraft 2, distributed by IAH games. Other then that, the whole hall can be considered a No Event…
Well there might be a small Toy Fair right at the end of the hall, a booth by the NLB promoting their new FACEBOOK app, and kind people from MovieMania cosplaying game characters for us, but that is all that should interest us…
Unless you are troubled by Cyber bullying…
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Even at the Blizzard Booth, you will only be disappointed by the price of the Pre-order, which include a piece of paper, a dogtag and free Starcraft II Beta-code, at a price of SG$109. It’s the normal version… Which in the US will cost you only SG$90(US$60) tops… And for 30 more you can get the very well packaged Limited Edition.
This is just Daylight robbery… $20 more for almost nothing extra… and they are expect us to join in the party on 27th July… haiz… why like dat?!
So if you really need to have Starcraft II, you might as well just order from Playasia.com, at least they are reasonable with the price at SG$92 with free delivery in Singapore. Now you pay less and have no need to go pick it up, like the rest buying from IAH…
IAH Games, you are a Disappointment… Ripping off people like that… But I did have fun playing a bit of Starcraft II at the event, even though I got owned upside down by a protoss player… He lied to me, saying that he is a noob… … even after I declaring that I’m new…
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If I remember correctly, the price is set by Blizzard itself. In Thailand, the price is also set at higher than it’s US counterpart (2500 Baht or around 78 USD while the US sold at 60 USD), except for collector’s edition which has almost the same price as the US.
True but unfortunately… for the people in Thailand… The game is also distributed by IAH Games in Thailand… I quote IAH’s Press release… So the price don’t really surprise me…
http://www.iahgames.com/news/259-iahgames-to-distribute-blizzard-entertainment-games-in-southeast-asia.html
Huh, that’s weird. In Thailand the name of distributing company is called “Onenet”. I guess they use a different name here.
I remember seeing the price for Asean country in Blizzard’s official press released (which is exactly the announced one here) so I assume that it’s the price Blizzard fix from the beginning.