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November 5th, 2009, 09:10 AM
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Blizzard launches real money WoW in-game pet store
In a surprising and stunning move, Blizzard has just launched a real money online in-game pet store. You spend real money, you get an in-game pet. This fully brings Blizzard into the world of microtransactions -- even if the cost of $10 for one of these pets isn't exactly micro.
While these are just vanity items, one has to wonder how far Blizzard can take this microtransaction model with the largest MMORPG game being played today. They already offer (and offer quite successfully) realm transfer, name change, character re-customization, and race and faction change services. This appears to be the next logical step for them to take. Could the next offering being in-game vanity outfits? A valid question that only time will answer.
The first offerings of microtransactionable in-game items include a Pandaren Monk pet and a Lil K'T pet. Half the proceeds from every Pandaren Monk pet (and only the Pandaren Monk) will go towards the Make-a-Wish foundation -- which is a nice gesture to a company Blizzard has previously supported.
Read the story here.
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November 5th, 2009, 09:12 AM
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Avoid, if at all possible.
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Christ, this is just extremely pathetic in my opinion.
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November 5th, 2009, 09:38 AM
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Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit.
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When you pay a subscription for a game, I don't think there should be any "microtransitions", as you are already paying to play.
Microtransitions in free to play games are fine.
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November 5th, 2009, 11:24 AM
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My world. Not yours.
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I think that Blizzard has enough money totally drop everything for few years or so and come back as it is.
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November 5th, 2009, 11:25 AM
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The Evolved Panda Commandant
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Only one I would ever buy is the Panda.
~Hai-Bye-Vine~
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November 5th, 2009, 05:17 PM
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Future Tragedy
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You know people will buy these. Good for Blizzard for keeping their gravy train chugging along.
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November 5th, 2009, 06:24 PM
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has given up on gaming.
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Originally Posted by DogOfHavoc
You know people will buy these. Good for Blizzard for keeping their gravy train chugging along.
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Agreed. The employees of Blizzard can probably relate to their customers.
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November 5th, 2009, 06:46 PM
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OoT->MM->TP->WW->PH
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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It doesn't matter, people will buy it. Though I remember reading a Blizzard interview that said they would never do this stuff, because it'd only he hardcore players who got it. But maybe that was for mounts...
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November 5th, 2009, 06:51 PM
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I eat the f***ing cookie before it crumbles.
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This is Blizzard start of taking over the world. Next, you're going to pay real money for their virtual weapons, then for virtual assassinations... then, it's going to be like the Matrix. Except in WoW. Unless you're bad then you're in Runescape.
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November 5th, 2009, 10:34 PM
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Junior Regular (Got the T-shirt)
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Meh, it's cool for some people. My brother loves collecting vanity pets. Except he missed the "One time offers" that you could never get. Or BlizzCon pets.
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