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StarCraft Korean Popularity Crashing

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StarCraft: IncGamers are reporting that the massive popularity of StarCraft (the 10 year old original, not StarCraft II, which is still in production) is waning, and that teams are being sold and closed down. The question is: What could be the source of this drastic change now, as StarCraft has been "old" for quite a few years already.
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Leord - contributor
Published: 583 days 12 hours ago | News | PC
 
 

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Maticus - 583 days 12 hours ago
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Maybe because the release of SCII is getting closer and closer? Who knows?
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Wuushu - 583 days 11 hours ago
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I think so too..
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spandexxking - 583 days 9 hours ago
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i wonder if the koreans will embrace it or just ignore it.
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SCFreelancer - 583 days 8 hours ago
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I think that might be partially true but reading the whole thing also seems to suggest that there are other factors in play here.
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v1c1ous - 583 days 11 hours ago
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2 - console games are getting a lot of attention?
maybe?
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Leord - 583 days 11 hours ago
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In Korea?

You kidding me, all gaming is done in their Internet cafes (Bangs or whatever they are called)...
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M337ING - 583 days 5 hours ago
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Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo barely bother to promote their consoles in Korea because its a lost cause. They would rather play Maple Story and Starcraft.
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Leord - 583 days 9 hours ago
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This might be the easiest, and correct answer =)
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cruckel - 583 days 9 hours ago
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5 - Easy explination
They found Wow 6 months ago, and it takes about that long to suck your life away.
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spandexxking - 583 days 9 hours ago
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world of warcraft is lame im sorry.
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JoelR - 583 days 8 hours ago
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Uhm... I could swear someone else was talking about Hanbit software being in trouble so they are selling off assest etc because of the spectacular failure of Hellgate
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