Starcraft 2: Digital Version vs. Disk

[heatfanaman]

If buy the Digital can I download it as many times as I like? It would kinda suck to download it, lose my memory, and then have to re-buy it. Also, if you buy the Digital version, can you download it on Mac and PC for one price?

 

[Mackilroy]

Regardless of what version you buy, once it's synced with your Blizzard profile you can download it as many times as you like for both Mac and PC.

 

[heatfanaman]

Thats good to know. Can I do the same with Diablo 2?

 

[Tesseract]

Yes. You could probably also back up the download on DVDs or an external HD if you were worried about having to re-download it.

 

[heatfanaman]

So you can play both Starcraft 2 and Diablo 2 without the disk?

 

[elmateo487]

yup, by using Blizzards no cd patches on their site

 

[heatfanaman]

I bought a physical copy SC2 and it works without the disk . I used to own a copy of Diablo 2 and don't remember an option to play it without disk(probably would've helped because I kept losing it all the time), did they add the option to play disk-less?

 

[Mackilroy]

It's supposed to work without the disc. That's how they designed it.

If you've registered your game(s) with Blizzard, you can log into Battle.net and download copies of those games to play. As they're digital copies, they don't require a disc to play.

 

[elmateo487]

It is basically great

 

[Ovistavin]

I bought a physical copy SC2 and it works without the disk . I used to own a copy of Diablo 2 and don't remember an option to play it without disk(probably would've helped because I kept losing it all the time), did they add the option to play disk-less?

Yes, in one of the patches Blizzard removed the disc requirement for Diablo II, WarCraft III, the original StarCraft and their expansions.

 

[Nightarchaon]

don't forget when they launch lion you wont be able to play diablo , diablo 2 or the original starcraft anymore . nothing like forced obsolescence to make you look at going back to a PC