Im not going to buy this game anywhere near launch (and certainly not at launch price) for philosophical, practical and economic reasons; but I will pick it up eventually when it`s 20 bucks or something like that.

Im in no hurry, but I wonder how long will it take for it to drop below 40, what do you guys think?

a long time seeing as how its selling quite well for it self at 60

My guess would be around the holidays at the end of the year.

20 bucks for a relatively new Blizzard game will take a good long while.

3 years.

Probably not for many years. Starcraft 2 still sells for full price. Since Blizzard is the only one selling it digitally, I don't see it changing.

You're most likely going to wait some time, Blizzard games usually stay in the high end of the pricing range for some time after release.

One MILLION TRILLION years!

Digitally, probably not for the next few years and that's being pretty liberal.

Boxed copies (are there boxed D3 copies?), probably the same as the usual high profile game.

@MikkaQ said:

Probably not for many years. Starcraft 2 still sells for full price.

There.

Under 20$ is not gonna happen this year or even next year. At best you can get a 10, 15$ off full retail price.

Diablo 2 is going for around 12ish bucks now if that's a worthy indicator.

Yeah probably sometime around 2014

@Rattle618 said:

for philosophical ... reasons

I'm interested in how you tie in philosophy with this.

Also I wouldn't expect it to be $20 bucks until Diablo 4 comes out. Blizzard games stay expensive for years.

nah, it will drop when the holiday competition hits. Store version at least. Not to $20 but it will drop.

Even if you don't buy it from them directly it's probably gonna take years (just like everyone already mentioned). That's just the way they do it... and it seems to work out for them.

Several years maybe.

Not trolling you either. Blizzard doesn't lower the price on their games until they've been out a really long time. Although they do make bundles often (like all the starcraft, warcraft, and wow bundles).

Look at the price of Starcraft2, then use that as a gauge for D3 pricing. If' you're waiting for it to be $20 then it will be a long damn time from the look of it.

I found SCII for$20-$25 off about 2 months ago - every Blizzard fan I spoke to said that was a great deal and that I should do it. Going by that logic: at least a year and half after the launch.

I would be surprised if it was for sale at a significant discount from a major retailer within two years.

In 2022

You might be able to buy a boxed copy for around $40 during black friday sales events at the end of the year, maybe. Probably only if you're actually buying 3 games for $120 total or some similar deal. Below $20? Probably never, or at least not until 2015 when the D3 battle chest comes out with the original game and both expansions for $60 so that it's sorta kinda $20.

@oulzac said:

My guess would be around the holidays at the end of the year.

This, but let's not forget that Starcraft 2 still retails around $45 to $50 (Amazon & Newegg), so a substantial price drop (at least 33%) is still some time away. Look for sales during the holidays but don't expect them to hold through the new year.

Look for it on Black Friday, that's the best you can hope for.

Dude, just buy it.

Star Craft 2 is still 60 almost two years later. So i'ts gonna be a while.

You best bet is to hope from a random retail deal either in a shop of online if they overstocked or something. I dont really think this game is worth $60 for a 15 hour game that you grind through 4 times. Especially with torchlight 2 just around the corner for $20.

It will be at least 3 or 4 years before it even goes below 60

When the free market deems it so.

@MikkaQ said:

Probably not for many years. Starcraft 2 still sells for full price. Since Blizzard is the only one selling it digitally, I don't see it changing.

Sadly, it doesn't look like SC2 will drop anytime soon, either. It's going to be quite a while until Diablo III is cheap.

maybe a small drop in time for Christmas

Basically never. At least not until after the second expansion. This is how Blacktivision operates with its main franchises. COD4 was still 60 bucks well after MW2 came out.

When the first expansion hits.....

@demonbear said:

@MikkaQ said:

Probably not for many years. Starcraft 2 still sells for full price.

There.

Under 20$ is not gonna happen this year or even next year. At best you can get a 10, 15$ off full retail price.

I buy most of my games cheap. I remember trying to play the waiting game with Starcraft II and the best thing that I could manage was 10 dollars off. You may get lucky, but evidence seems to lean towards "you won't".

2 or 3 years to save $20.

Sounds like a good deal to me.

Blizzard game.... at least a year if not longer.

I got Diablo 3 for £23, pre-ordered years ago off Amazon, precisely for this reason.

Dude I suggest you just bite the bullet and get it. The price of Blizzard games always stays high for a very long time.