Wow makes more money

[Homer]

The 50% donation is only for the monk, Not lil'KT

[IkYiolul]

Anyone have a link on this china going offline thing? I want to check the validity on this...

[Mokoi]

HOLY SHIT!! A Video Game company trying to make money? Jesus.. what has the world come to? Don't they know everything they make and services they provide should come free?

I would like to point out, that there is NOTHING extra above and beyond your subscription fee that you are required to pay to play the game and enjoy every bit of it's content from lvl 1-80, apart from xpacs, which are huge and reasonably cheap to buy.

And yet, they offer extra services (which DO NOT give other players any kind of advantage) for money to offset some of their extraordinary costs (if you believe that Blizzard is making all the money they get from subscriptions you are sorely mistaken and far from reality)

If you do not wish to support Blizzard, and think they are just out to get your money, wtf are you doing on these forums. You are not here because you hate video games, even if you don't play WoW you support some other game in some way or another.

Good on Blizz, and great on them for giving HALF their sales to charity for the panda monks.

I bet you don't spit on coca-cola for selling you a product which costs them nothing to make and has a profit margin of over 5000% do you? Yet Blizzard offers services that the community has been CRYING for, and they are making them available for people. Could you imagine the frenzy it would cause if they were allowed to be free? server xfers? faction / name xfers? .. don't be so stupid please. Stop hating on a company who gives you what you want just because its not free.

Yes, Blizzard is owned by a company who enjoys profit. guess what, if you were a shareholder in Vivendi Games, you would too. The world is driven by the market, and wherever you can make money from people willing to pay for it is fair game. Grow up and join the real world.

PS sorry for being so rude and obnoxious, I blame my Swine Flu.

[Naysayer]

^^ lolfreakout

[Khatovar]

Yeah, really not seeing any posts so far that warrent that kind of reaction. Personally, I think Blizz milks the shit out of people with all this stuff. They could do a $50 Pay-per-view of WoW Employees Eating Lunch and if buying the $50 PPV got you a code for an in-game hairstyle, you bet your ass there would be thousands of idiots foaming at the mouth and running to the computer with their credit card. They know that and have no problem taking advantage. A fool and his money, as they say.

But IMO they should be donating all of it for the pandaren like Sony did. A company this big, it's like Bill Gates fishing out a pocket-full of change, picking out all the silver and throwing a couple of green, sticky pennies at the Salvation Army Santa. Personally, I'm just going to donate money directly to a charity.

[Seldum]

I actually think the idear mentioned above in EQ is awesome, where you can buy some vanity stuff and the sale goes to charity.

I think its okey blizz charge for char transfers etc.... They probably need to do this manually so they have employees to pay.

[Malekyth]

you bet your ass there would be thousands of idiots foaming at the mouth and running to the computer with their credit card. They know that and have no problem taking advantage. A fool and his money, as they say.

Yeah, those fools, earning money and then spending it in a way that makes them happy. They're as bad as multiboxers.

[Khatovar]

They could do a $50 Pay-per-view of WoW Employees Eating Lunch and if buying the $50 PPV got you a code for an in-game hairstyle

There's the rest of the concept. Sorry, but I most certainly do think going to extremes for frivolity is foolish, be it a hairstyle or a multiboxer.

[Svpernova09]

Yeah, those fools, earning money and then spending it in a way that makes them happy. They're as bad as multiboxers.

I heard multiboxing is cheating.



When I heard about the pet store, I was kinda "wow, anything to make a buck I guess" But when I saw they're donating at least part of it to a worthwhile charity, it made me smile. I've contributed Make-A-Wish in the past, I've been involved in donation drives via an old employer and it warms my cold, hard heart to help that group. So once payday comes around, I'll probably pick one up.

If people want to pay real money for in game stuff, that's fine so long as their staying within the rules of the game. Personally, I'll be pretty upset if they start offering Titles, Gold, Stat improving Items (Gear, potions, flasks, whatever). Gear is SUPER hard to get, go farm heroics and see just how hard it is. (That's hardcore sarcasm in case you're wondering)

[Myloot]

hahah just purchased one logging in to see it