You can't deny Blizzard has a good business sense. Whether we like it or not it's fairly obvious that people will buy it.
50$ Billion.....I envy Blizzard.
50$ Billion.....I envy Blizzard.
$25 World of Warcraft Mount Launches on Blizzard Store
- Thread starter Tom Goldman
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I really don't see why people are flipping out here. The only
It's not that bad. IMHO, it depends entirely on who is riding it. Thus, Night Elves shall win and Taurens shall fail.
Hoi HoiAshbax said:Check out the paladins charger, it looks like a yellow unicorn. Something that has really pissed me off over the last year ^^Tom Goldman said:
As for this, the day of release I saw about forty five people gathered in one group showing off their retarded f*cking mount that looks like blizzard just didnt want to finish it.
Seriously, it just looks like a halfway-done model for some kind of pegasus. Oh well, let them waste $25 dollars on their half-finished pegasus mount. IM perfectly fine just being able to turn into a goddamn BIRD on my druid.
Because birds...are AWESOME ^^
Edit: Really, I cannot stress how dumb people look on those mounts, and they dont seem to know that everyones 'rofling' at their waste of money. I know it seems like a cool idea for you people who dont play the actual game, but really, when you see that someones paid for this crap you just want to lose faith in humanity.
It's not that bad. IMHO, it depends entirely on who is riding it. Thus, Night Elves shall win and Taurens shall fail.
Oh, and blokes? It takes monthes to work your way up the gear-scale. Monthes of game time which you are paying for.
Why would you give the players something with which they could bypass those monthes of paytime? You'd be losing money, not making it. Blizzard is not Evil Corp, people. Have a little faith.
Why would you give the players something with which they could bypass those monthes of paytime? You'd be losing money, not making it. Blizzard is not Evil Corp, people. Have a little faith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjuFpQ3EeA
Not sure if was posted in this thread already (9 pages, sry couldn't do it) but I think it is very clever.
I will jump on the band wagon of hating all this crap, just like I hate the + percentage to life inside ICC.
I want casuals to suffer as I have suffered. I just found out you can get flying at lvl 60.. Gay...
Not sure if was posted in this thread already (9 pages, sry couldn't do it) but I think it is very clever.
I will jump on the band wagon of hating all this crap, just like I hate the + percentage to life inside ICC.
I want casuals to suffer as I have suffered. I just found out you can get flying at lvl 60.. Gay...
TheMatt said:
For an @$$ load of money a level 60 character won't have. And epic flying is still level 70.
People, chill out. They just reskinned Invincible and tossed it on the blizzstore to make a quick buck. Whenever I see someone on it, I just whip out Ashes of Alar/Onyxian Drake and go
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
MUCH BETTAR
...It's just a vanity pet. Calm down, people.
***Edit. As of this moment, the que for the mount has exceded 140,000
The mounts sell for $25 US each, which is a revenue stream of about $20million (or 0.004% of the article's hyperbole). With eleven million-odd active subscriptions, that means roughly 0.7% of all subscriptions purchased one in he first few hours.
Present a permissive estimate, and say that perhaps six times this many subscriptions (not necessarily people, as some subscribers will have more than one account) will buy that pixelation once the product's life cycle runs through. You're looking at four out of every 100 subscriptions who will buy it.
With that kind of population coverage, it's wrong to draw any conclusions about the WoW community from this product. Except that Activision Blizzard are masters of making money out of nothing.
Present a permissive estimate, and say that perhaps six times this many subscriptions (not necessarily people, as some subscribers will have more than one account) will buy that pixelation once the product's life cycle runs through. You're looking at four out of every 100 subscriptions who will buy it.
With that kind of population coverage, it's wrong to draw any conclusions about the WoW community from this product. Except that Activision Blizzard are masters of making money out of nothing.
man, that gamer grrl told us. We should have thought twice about talking about this because she visits /v/ and can hold her own in gears of halo.Malifact said:
Pretty annoying how they made that much money for probably 30 minutes of work while I'm sitting my broke ass complaining on the internet
can I have a million heh, its not gonna hurt them at all.
It's funny... I don't think I would ever spend $25 for a mount, yet I've spent 100+ hours (probably more like 1000) of game time soloing old world content for achievement points. To each his own.
What can you buy for that money in Greece:
-Left 4 Dead
-2 copies of Mass Effect
-A hooker
-GTA IV
-An mp3 player
-10 souvlakia (awesome food, if you ever visit Greece BUY IT!)
-Drinks at the local beach bar
-ANYTHING BUT AN IMAGINARY FUCKING HORSE!
..Ok, REALLY!? There are people on this forum that believe that is a good idea? Paying the price of a full (if a bit old) game for an in-game item? If it cost 5-10 bucks I'd understand, but 25? 25! My mind is blown to bits!
(Sorry about the overreaction, but seriously, wtf?)
-Left 4 Dead
-2 copies of Mass Effect
-A hooker
-GTA IV
-An mp3 player
-10 souvlakia (awesome food, if you ever visit Greece BUY IT!)
-Drinks at the local beach bar
-ANYTHING BUT AN IMAGINARY FUCKING HORSE!
..Ok, REALLY!? There are people on this forum that believe that is a good idea? Paying the price of a full (if a bit old) game for an in-game item? If it cost 5-10 bucks I'd understand, but 25? 25! My mind is blown to bits!
(Sorry about the overreaction, but seriously, wtf?)
Obviously to the people who play WoW alot, this is completely worth the 25$.Russian_Assassin said:
People need to stop hating on MMO players. I don't play one myself, (yeah there's my qualifier) but I know what it's like for other people to completely not understand why you're spending money on something they think is a waste of money.
Just because you don't share someone's hobby and won't enjoy something doesn't mean others can't enjoy their stuff. I don't see why stamp collectors pay $1000 dollars for a little piece of plastic that was literally 2 cents not too long ago, I mean, they stick it in their binder and then look at it. That's it.
But to the stamp collector I bet to him it's worth that 1000 dollars. Another example, I spend hundreds of dollars on paintball equipment. Some people tell me why do I spend all this money on it, especially when I upgrade my markers and get expensive high grade paintballs, it's worth it to me.
People need to stop judging. Like this guy. above me. Besides, what are you going to do with 2 copies of Mass Effect?
That's a faulty point, this only applies to DLC, not games. WoW is a bad case for this because first of all its an MMO, which relys on roping players in and constantly charging them, signigifigantly different than games like MW2. Infact, it starts at a lower price point to draw players in.Tribalism said:
"The profit margin is huge on games and £5 here or there will not put a dent in larger companies. Anyway, I'm not here to argue that point in this post, so I'll continue..."
first of all, with all the people bitching about mw2's price, that's obviously false.
I'm glad you admit that it is subjective. If the person thinks it looks really good, then it's worth the 25 dollars. Hell, if I saw novelty shoes at a store that were just normal shoes but they had, say, Triforces stitched on the heel but the price was $100, I would buy it, someone else would say "Oh I don't care much for zelda and you can get similar shoes for much less but it's worth it TO ME
I like how you just admited it's subjective. Way to attack yourself.
80k out of 6 million. That's pretty unique.
Oh now you're just being a whiny *****. You need someone to stomp on to make yourself feel superior, so you pick the people who enjoy MMO games. Grow up. Not everyone has the same value system, get over it.
look at who's being steroetypical. You want someone to grill on so you just say whatever. By the way, I'm asian, I like how you have to emphaszie those 'asians who kill themselves.' as if them being asian had to do with it.
Look at mister tribalism on the big bad internet, he stomping on what other people that haven't done anything to him, (No, a clan of WoW players making fun of you does not count as the entire WoW community) what reason for? I don't know, you tell me? Maybe he's just a giant asshole.
me ...being an old n experianced wow player find all this trolling by the non wow players very weird. I dont get you guys....same as you dont get us.
And when i see these huge posts ppl tryign to prove a point....
Im sry guys this ALREADY happened...this is not open up for a debate....ur smart talk will NOT change the release of the mount.
Was it a good idea?
Look at the sells and you tell me....
And there is one thing im 200% sure of...if the celestial steed was ...say an Ulduar achievement reward ppl would be zerging Yogg-Saron as we speak to try and get it. The fact that you can get it at any point with RL money makes some ppl diss the mount since there is no real efffort in obtaining it....im sorry working and using your hard earned money is not an effort? last time i checked RL>VL.
We buy the mount cuz we like it and we appreciate the collectors value. that it...there are no grand schemes behind it.....and whats up with the jokes that blizz will release equipment and stuff in the store....get serious is blizz some noob company? i think they have proven themselfs time and time again.
Mounts in wow are like cars IRL. If you can get something fancy and new you will get it...and even if you already have an awesome car you will always want the new models. It just gets to you...i still use my choppa to ride on ground n the steed to fly....but i bet in a month or two ill get a new "car" and ill flop proudly around with it....
And i personally love variety. go to a major city n stay for 10 mins....you see a huge display of different mounts...its just beautiful. . . and makes the game feel more alive.
p.p: how is this any different than a guy coughing 1,000$ for a comic book? Or a guy goign to a bar and spending 200$ on booze.
Different ppl have different values....in the end if you dont have any regrets its all good!
And when i see these huge posts ppl tryign to prove a point....
Im sry guys this ALREADY happened...this is not open up for a debate....ur smart talk will NOT change the release of the mount.
Was it a good idea?
Look at the sells and you tell me....
And there is one thing im 200% sure of...if the celestial steed was ...say an Ulduar achievement reward ppl would be zerging Yogg-Saron as we speak to try and get it. The fact that you can get it at any point with RL money makes some ppl diss the mount since there is no real efffort in obtaining it....im sorry working and using your hard earned money is not an effort? last time i checked RL>VL.
We buy the mount cuz we like it and we appreciate the collectors value. that it...there are no grand schemes behind it.....and whats up with the jokes that blizz will release equipment and stuff in the store....get serious is blizz some noob company? i think they have proven themselfs time and time again.
Mounts in wow are like cars IRL. If you can get something fancy and new you will get it...and even if you already have an awesome car you will always want the new models. It just gets to you...i still use my choppa to ride on ground n the steed to fly....but i bet in a month or two ill get a new "car" and ill flop proudly around with it....
And i personally love variety. go to a major city n stay for 10 mins....you see a huge display of different mounts...its just beautiful. . . and makes the game feel more alive.
p.p: how is this any different than a guy coughing 1,000$ for a comic book? Or a guy goign to a bar and spending 200$ on booze.
Different ppl have different values....in the end if you dont have any regrets its all good!
I appreciate your position, but I sincerely disagree.Angerwing said:
A system that gives advantage to people with disposable free time is no better or more noble than those that have disposable income. The entire premise of an MMO is that you keep paying money. It does not matter if I pay $150 and play for 3-4 months or you pay $150 and play for 10 months, the net result is that Blizzard made $150 from each of us, I just got to cut to the chase and save 6 months of time.
Repetitive shit like gold farming, dungeon & drop farming, honor farming, reputation farming are not game mechanics, they are carrot on a stick reward mechanics that are the antithesis of entertainment designed to keep you making the company money. The only difference between my opinion and yours, is that I recognize the word FARMING in all of those activities and acknowledge I am just a cow that Blizzard wants to keep milking for money and I would like them to drop the pretension and allow me to pay a little extra money so I don't have to waste months doing the repetitive shit and can just play the parts of the game that are fun to me like exploring, fighting challenging monsters, learning the in game lore that comes from interacting with the NPCs, sneaking past stuff that can kill me to get places when I probably should be a few levels higher and finally playing with other players in cooperation or competition. You know, the actual stuff that the developers spent time designing.
It would make for a good present, don't you think? Look, hobby or no hobby you must agree that this is not logical or even fair. Those people are obsessed with WoW and Blizzard knows it. That's why they charge so much for a horse and the sad part is that those people buy it anyways!Pokedude1013 said:
You've argued your point well, I'll give you that. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea that someone can gain such a significant advantage just because they have their parents credit card at hand. As soon as Blizzard starts giving away things that give you a combat advantage for money, you would pretty much be forced to purchase it (making millions upon millions) or fall behind. This seems like unfair trading to me. In the form of materials and gold being purchasable, I guess we just disagree with what's acceptable. I won't try to convince you to my side, because there's no lack of understanding on either side, just disagreement. That's fine.Skratt said:
