And Blizzard spake saying, "Transfer thou in 3 days hence..."

[Tdog]

http://www.google.com/search?q=wow+china+netease&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a

L2link, I don't have the time to copy and paste :P

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter thinks that the switch from The9 to NetEase was done for primarily financial reasons: While Acti-Blizz has an estimated 22% royalty rate for WoW income in their partnership with The9 (about 50-55 million USD annually), analysts are predicting that the NetEase agreement would come with royalties of at least 55% - resulting in annual revenue of more than $140 million every year. So switching to NetEase puts approximately $90 million more in Blizzard's gold-lined coffer every year.

For an extra $140 million annually for just switching providers I would ditch the9 as well.