Sorry to keep making comments but just to further my point.
Look at Company of Heroes that released almost 1.5yrs ago, that game was supposed to revolutionize RTS and was rated by PC Gamer as the best RTS game ever with a 96% score.
It hasn't even sold 2 million copies.
RTS and PC is not a market to make 10million sellers (aside from The Sims), people holding stock in SC2 at a price over 10million should really think carefully because when the sales figures comes out and the admins adjust this price down to 6-7million you guys are going to be mighty disappointed.
SC1 hasn't even sold through more then 10million worldwide. As of 10 months ago it was at 9.5 million, with 4 million in Korea alone. Original source: http://playnoevil.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1252-Starcraft-Total-Sales-How-long-is-the-Long-Tail.html
Just because SC is a big title the market for RTS is small, and a major part of that reason is because the market for PC games itself is much smaller then console games.
It's almost impossible for PC games to break the 10 million mark and I highly doubt it will be any different here.
SC gets a lot of press and hype because Blizzard is a money machine but that's all it is in the end... hype.
Good eye there RTSgamer they did get two more tusks and it might not just be a cosmetic change. Based on other screenshots it's been speculated that Ultralisks will be able to attack multiple units at the same time. Also I think they always had a plate on their head, it just looks different now.
I agree that the RTS genre is not as hot as it was in the SC days, but Warcraft 3 (WC3) was still huge and is still a top seller today. I think there is still demand for an RTS if it is great--the problem is that other RTS makers didn't put out great games. Lots of RTS players have been waiting for a Starcraft 2, and I think we will see RTS come back with this game's release.
How do you know the forecast is 30% more than the total of SC1? Do we have global numbers (including South Korea and the rest of Asia) for Starcraft?
Are people forgetting this is a RTS? And the amount of people that are interested in RTS' these days is much less then when SC1 was released. And with that in mind how do you all think SC2 will sell 30% more then SC1?
"Blizzard ended months of Starcraft II silence at its headquarters today. We hadn't gotten the slightest morsel of new info on the famed developer's rabidly anticipated strategy sequel since BlizzCon in August of 2007, but now we've finally gotten our hands on the new and improved zerg, the third and last of Starcraft II's factions to be revealed to the press."
The galaxy's creepiest crawlers are back and dripping plenty of mucous in Blizzard's strategy juggernaut. We spawned more overlords with the latest build.
Coverage of Blizzard's Starcraft II Zerg press conference from Seoul, South Korea. Included are new high resolution screenshots, video, and full analysis of the Zerg's new units and abilities.
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Look at Company of Heroes that released almost 1.5yrs ago, that game was supposed to revolutionize RTS and was rated by PC Gamer as the best RTS game ever with a 96% score.
It hasn't even sold 2 million copies.
RTS and PC is not a market to make 10million sellers (aside from The Sims), people holding stock in SC2 at a price over 10million should really think carefully because when the sales figures comes out and the admins adjust this price down to 6-7million you guys are going to be mighty disappointed.