Cata at what cost?

[alcattle]

If one was a new player, and was think of starting WoW when the Cata Expanion comes out, What would it cost?


this was lost in another post so I put that thought up again

The price is a tricky one. Can you buy Cata and play WoW? I doubt it. Will new buyers pay for 3 baxes to play? No way, New players will pay $50 just like all other games. Now if you paid $60 for all 4 ..... how about $40 for 3 and $50 for the 4th? Hard sell at best. What can you do after Cata drops with Vanilla? 1-60? With or without goblins/Worgen? See where I am going? Each expac, gave you more, but you could always play the older versions. So vanilla with the new quests? They would have to use the new maps except the new start areas/races.

[Zub]

i have no idea, but i guess they'll sell a bundle "vanilla/BC/Wotlk/Cata" for 60ish dollars and the online "Wotlk to cata" for 40ish? and probably every separate lower upgrades for 20ish still

[MiRai]

At what cost?

At what cost?!

AT THE COST OF THE OLD WORLD!!!!

Haven't you seen the videos yet?!

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/media/

[alcattle]

At what cost?

At what cost?!

AT THE COST OF THE OLD WORLD!!!!

Haven't you seen the videos yet?!

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/media/

ROFLMAO

Good one Fen

[daviddoran]

Blizz has to balance the price, so they make the entry level cheap enough for new players not to get overwhelmed, but not so cheap that spammers can just buy vanilla accts. There will most definately be a new battlechest, hopefully for $40 including Vanilla, BC and WotLK, and Cata will be in its new box.

I always thought it was a shame that there wasn't a single, all-inclusive box for new players. IMO all there needs to be is the newest expansion only, for existing players to upgrade, and a box with everything all together, so one box, one purchase is all you need to start from scratch. I guess its cheaper to manufacture and inventory 2 boxes. Oh well.

[Velassra]

Yeah never really thought about what they would do for Vanilla WoW when it will no longer be there come the new xpac. I don't know if I'd want to buy 4 boxes to try out Cata if I was a new player. Be alot of downloading even for a trial.

[daviddoran]

Well they've stated that EVERYONE will see the changes to the old world zone, if they buy the expansion or not, so you just cant be a Blood elf, Draenei, Worgen, or Goblin, cant go to their starting zones either, and cant be a DK, cant go to outland, northrend, or the new 78-85 zones. Only confusion I would see is a new player with a vanilla, or old school battlechest wouldnt be able to make a worgen/goblin, but that's about it.

[alcattle]

not sure if they can put all 4 parts on 1 dvd. They did with LK so if you had the keys you had the whole game.
I see Cata at $40. I am leaning toward a new B/chest with 3 parts for $30-40 which I think will sell to new players. Some will go $80 in one buy, but look where the users range now. 13-25? The $40 price point is well placed on store shelves.
David is right on the limits of each section staying the same.

oh, how will flying work? anyone at 60 or will there be a catch?

[Souca]

If they really wanted to be nice to new players but mean to old players, they would make the Collectors Edition include all the games and price at $129 or something. They would still sell out.

Would be interesting to see if they did something new like have a version of Vanilla that had Worgen and Goblins, but only let you level to 60. The main thing is hooking the new player, once the addiction starts, they will buy all the expansions, but convincing a new player to get anything beyond one box is a hard sell.

- Souca -

[Dramoth]

wotlk -> cata is probably going to be around £30-34

I think that vanilla is anything from £4.99-9.99. TBC is around £9.99-£17.99 and Wrath is about £24.99

Battlechests for vanilla/tbc are around £20.00

So assuming that there isnt a battlechest coming out with vanilla/tbc/wotlk in it, I would expect a new gamer to be forking out £70 (approx) to get right up to speed...