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Someone at Blizzard must be extremely clever because they figured out a way to sell more copies of StarCraft II. It’s not as easy as you would think. You see, since everyone in Korea will already buy the game how can they sell more copies? Simple, by splitting the game into three parts. StarCraft is known for having three simultaneous races. So instead of giving triple the content in a single game, Blizzard has decided to give a third of the content in triple the amount of games. Blizzard’s executive vice-president of game design, Rob Pardo, explains the games as being more or less “stand-alone expansions”.

“It’s a separate product. Look at the next two as expansion packs, but will have the feel of stand alone products.”

The StarCraft II games are as follows: Terrans - Wings of Liberty, the Zerg - Heart of the Swarm, and Protoss - Legacy of the Void. Oddly enough, Blizzard hasn’t announced that StarCraft II will be sold at a discount price.

I'll just keep playing Crysis

There are two possibilities that exist here.

1). Starcraft 2 will sell for $20ish bucks and the expansions will be $10 each.
2). I will not be purchasing any of the titles until they hit the bargain bin.

Your call, Blizzard.