South Korea’s well-known Internet cafes – better-known as PC bangs – have accused Blizzard of breaching antitrust (competitors) regulation after the publishers introduced plans to cost them an hourly charge for providing StarCraft: Remastered to their clients.
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According to the Korean Herald, the Korean PC bang affiliation object to Blizzard’s plan to cost between 203 and 233 gained (roughly 20 cents) per hour to supply StarCraft: Remastered, whereas PC bangs might supply the unique sport for a one-time package deal buy.
Blizzard’s justification for the brand new coverage is that the Remastered model affords a variety of in-game advantages for many who play it at PC bangs, corresponding to additional expertise factors, thus benefitting PC bang homeowners and justifying the charges.
The Internet PC Culture Association counter that the one distinction from the unique is upgraded graphics, and that Blizzard are unjustified in charging new charges for basically the identical sport. They additionally argue that stability points with the outdated model drive them to put in the brand new one, and that this constitutes an abuse of Blizzard’s market place:
“Blizzard Entertainment is misappropriating its superior market status to push unfair measures to PC bangs owners, most of which are small-sized business owners,” the affiliation say.
The petition was filed with the FTC on Sunday.
StarCraft: Remastered has been playable in Korea’s PC bangs for 2 weeks now, nevertheless it’s resulting from launch worldwide at present, unlocking at 10:00 Pacific (that is 13:00 Eastern, or 18:00 BST).
Blizzard are celebrating by livestreaming a LAN celebration on Twitch. Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott and Nick ‘Tasteless’ Plot are internet hosting on Day9tv – you may tune in from 12:00 to 21:00 Pacific time each at present and tomorrow.
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