Thread: Just when you thought Activision/Blizzard couldn't milk any more money out of WoW...

Uaarkson posted: Holy goddamn **** dude you are such a blind fanboy. A legit game company? You're out of your mind if you think Blizzard's #1 intent as a company wasn't money since day 1. Or any company for that matter. Things don't work that way in the real world. obviously as a business your goal is to make money, that's fine. does that mean you go balls out trying to milk every last drop possible from your...

TheJone posted: Definitely saw like fifty pandaren pets roaming around the capital cities last night. They do look cute. Would be nice if my character models looked half as good... Well good news! For the low low price of $20 you can purchase a 'Premium Character Model' for one of your characters! Sick of wandering around an increasingly spectacular looking world with a four year old character model? New 'Premium'...

The gaming companies that only care about money would be the ones like Acclaim or Factor 5 who went out of business and didn't pay the employees or tell them about it. There are morality standards in business. Like Vei said, Blizzard had a reputation for following them. Of course it's the mandate of every business to grow financially. But there are much more wholesome routes to doing it than to charge you 3$ for something that...

_Vei_ posted: it's not melodramatic, microtransactions like this are STUPID. microtransactions in games shouldn't be encouraged at all, especially when it's something like 10$ for a pet, that's just taking advantage of some peoples' hobbies. You're making it seem like Katie is an addict that needs to get WoW pets to live. Date Edited: 11/5/2009 4:38:53 PM (1 edit total) edited by : GLopez12

Heh, just noticed your name. Did you register specifically to post in this thread? Anyways, if you want to argue from a strictly economic point, than sure, you're right, but the fact is -- a lot of companies (and I believe Blizzard is one of them) don't really give a damn about the bottom line so long as they're having fun (and in the green). Of course they're going to have to kowtow to pressure from Activision now and...

_Vei_ posted: Uaarkson posted: Holy goddamn **** dude you are such a blind fanboy. A legit game company? You're out of your mind if you think Blizzard's #1 intent as a company wasn't money since day 1. Or any company for that matter. Things don't work that way in the real world. obviously as a business your goal is to make money, that's fine. does that mean you go balls out trying to milk every last drop possible from...

It's their money not yours so why do you care what people buy or imply that they're being suckered?

Zornack posted: Cool titles have to be both cool and hard to get. ;( Starcaller/Herald of the Titans are cool, but pretty easy. Grand Conqueror is hard, but really lame. Death's Demise is both cool AND hard, so it wins! yawn

mikko_coolaxe posted: BahamutXXXX posted: Meh, whatever. 1) Charity 2) They're a business, and as long as people are as terribly obsessed with and addicted to this game as they are, money is to be made. It's not as if WoW is a dying game and they're trying to siphon the very last drop. They're taking advantage of an opportunity. From a business stand point, what do you expect them to say? "Make more profit? No,...

Definitely saw like fifty pandaren pets roaming around the capital cities last night. They do look cute. Would be nice if my character models looked half as good...