Nanner Split said:
lordjedi said:

The funny thing is, you can't BUY Starcraft from them without getting it as a digital download. So why don't you go try to buy a 10 year old game (aside from a digital download) and see how easy it is? I'm sure you could get a used copy, just like you can get a used copy of XP, but I seriously doubt you can find a new unopened box anywhere.

WRONG! Every time I go into Wal-Mart I see this: Starcraft Battle Chest

That's the Battlechest. You can't buy a standalone copy of Starcraft. If we were to compare this to Microsoft, it would be like only wanting Word 2007, but being forced to buy the whole Office suite (even if it is for a lower price).

Also, I said I seriously doubted you could find it, I didn't say it was impossible. I haven't seen that Battlechest anywhere in my area for some time. The Battlechest is available, not as a download, from Blizzard's store as well. So my point still stands. You cannot buy the standalone version of StarCraft, at least not without getting it in a set.

EDIT: I see you can't even get StarCraft by itself from Blizzard anymore. The lowest set is the StarCraft Anthology. How did this get turned into a conversation on Blizzard's business practices anyway? Just because they offered support for a really old product? I've already stated that the support timeline for XP has not ended and that XP is available from online retailers, so I think this is a moot point.