Star Craft II

[DespotAspid]

Why is this masterpiece still not on STEAM? And is there a chance that it will appear?

[Wolf Knight]

the game developer/publisher decides where their games are sold, not steam. if you want to know why its not here, go ask them.

[ƝՕϹ]

The company is too busy figuring out how to squeeze every dollar from World of Warcraft and Overwatch players. I hope they don't release SC2 on Steam, cuz they are gonna load it up with micro-transactions and remove things. If you wanna play SC2, do it now before they decide to mess it up like Warcraft 3 ReForged.

[Thiesen]

ActiveShittard should NEVER be on Steam (if I may have a say on the subject)

[ModWorld]

Just pop in the DVD-ROM and play?? Why limit yourself and create artificial barriers?

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Originally posted by ModWorld:

Just pop in the DVD-ROM and play?? Why limit yourself and create artificial barriers?

Good question. Maybe he wants to show off his achievements?

[Lady of the Lake]

Starcraft is one of the most famous and popular RTS game series in the world, perceived by many as peak of the genre, Blizzard knows that this is a big leverage, most of RTS fans and even people who are not that into this genre would gladly play this series even if it needs to be bought on Battlenet and not Steam, because it's better to play the game this way than not play it at all, right?

Along with this they have a giant like Warcraft. As for now, they have put on Steam Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV, they still have famous and popular Diablo games(I, II, III). Theoretically, if they would put Starcraft on Steam, they would lose some leverage to keep Battlenet, this is assuming that we don't know what are they trying to do and what's their next move, like what other games will Battlenet have in future.

Blizzard as a company is also negatively perceived by many people, one of results are reviews of Overwatch 2, just stating a fact, I don't know if it's part of their plan, because marketing has many faces, but if this is something bad for them, they might be reluctant to release games on Steam.

The question might be, why Blizzard want their games on Battlenet? Beside the fact that if they would migrate to Steam, some of their money would go to Steam, I don't really know because I don't work there(thankfully), would they gain more or less if they would release it here? No idea.

You might think, Steam is way better than Battlenet, I would agree, but you have to take into consideration that they do have a leverage, in Starcraft example, you can think of it as having a monopoly of Starcraft, there's not much of reason for them, to release Starcraft anywhere else(maybe SC1 on GOG, but this won't affect their "monopoly" probably), they own it, and almost any user that will want to play Starcraft(assuming they actually have the means), will buy it on Battlenet and play it there.

[J4MESOX4D]

Microsoft will likely want to retain some flagship titles for Battlenet rather than give it all to the competition. Diablo 4 was a surprise but they did need that huge reach that Steam brings but I can't see the likes of Starcraft or Warcraft arriving especially the former as it's such an established goldmine.