World of Warcraft studio beefing up its microtransaction efforts

Come on guys, they need the money for ummm... their money pool?

It's like paying for HBO then having to sit through commercials. You pay for HBO to be free of the commercials, or you watch commercials to get free TV. If I pay a monthly fee to play a game...I don't want to be bombarded with "microtransactions." Microtransactions do not in anyway, shape or form "enhance" a gameplay experience.

yes I can help blizzard

sell your soul to the devil, and you make more money...

oh wait ... u already done that ....

assholes....

well it was fun while it lasted. no more blizzard for me

Paraphrasing - "Do you want to help Blizzard bleed gamers dry through pointless and unnecessary microtransactons after they've already bought your game? If so then please apply."

If you want to make the gaming experience more pleasurable, how about giving the players the content through playing the game... you know, like in the old days.

I used to think microtransactions were a bad thing, then I realised that if morons want to pay real money for a piece of cosmetic gear or whatever and the game im playing is FTP as a result, then I can live with it. These people pay to keep the game I want to play running whilst I enjoy it without spending a single penny.

And I will be fucked if i'm going back to subscription gaming, people seem to think if a game has a sub its automatically a cut above, ive found the reality to be that its generally not any different. Three titles I can name off the bat that are sub and are totally not worth it FFonline, Wildstar and ESO. Mark my words they are destined for FTP somewhere down the line, and not so very far into the future id wager.

**** you, Blizzard

unless if you announce Warcraft 4...

"Do you want to help Blizzard Entertainment design monetization models that actually enhance the gameplay experience?"

Really !?!

I hate microtransactions with a passion, it destroys the pace of any game, in metro last light you even have to pay for the hardest difficulty setting.

no way microtransactions will improve on gameplay experience, ever.

Will World of Warcraft get a Diablo 3 Auction House when it closes in Diablo 3 in March?

"mounts and pets for fees in the $10-$30 range" -- That is kind of the whole reason for why I generally dislike DLCs and all sort of microtransaction-stores: I do not want to pay the price of a whole fucking game just for nothing more than a new model for something that I already have. If the stuff cost something like $0.50 then it'd be a much more appealing proposition, but not for the price of a whole game, no.

what goes up must come down.. remember that people

And so these companies continue to tarnish their own names by implementing business practices that most gamers hate. Meh.

These second rate games with these microts are a major turn off. Good fantasy games are an immersive experience not full of sales pitches. I like the game and still play since 07. Some changes I have disliked. Think the raid system will be better with wod. Some of the changes they have made are marketed for kids. This game was made for my generation. I think bosses are still pretty difficult and loot is still not easy to get.

Sounds to me like they are desperately grabbing for new sources of income now that subscriptions are on the steady decline.

Was considering trying lords of draenor, but now i'm like yeah.... how bout' no.

Stahp. Stahp IT! Stahp killing video games!!! :(

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*Ew.*

The last wall is going down

There is nothing I would like better than to design monetization models that enhance gameplay experience.

If this is just about Hearthstone and their new tablet game, then that's fine. But if this is about WoW itself, they're sliding down the slippery slope and I'm not going to continue as a subscriber if they go beyond the cosmetic stuff.

So the monthly subscription fee isn't enough for these bastards?

What I hate is when P2P games are infested with lots of microtransactions. Especially when the game is already making lots of money,

NO! Why Do we as Gamers just sit here and let this happen? This Trend of publishers and developers pushing micro transactions and loads of in game DLC and acting like its a good thing NEEDS TO END!!!

its the end of the world as we know it..

They charge $15 a month fees and they also want microtransactions as well. Haven't they already made about 10 billion off of World of Warcraft by now? I don't play WoW anymore, but I do play Diablo 3. I don't plan on buying any in game content for any of these games.

Oh come on people. Just because you see this doesn't mean that World of Warcraft or StarCraft will be full of microtransactions. Are you kidding me?

Aren't they about to release a free to play game for tablets? You know... like Hearthstone?

Get your knickers out of twist for a few seconds and let's see what happens.

EDIT: And yes, microtransactions is a good model for Hearthstone. The central idea of TCG's is buying booster packs, and that's exactly what a microtransaction lets you do.

I don't support shoehorning microtransactions into their 3 existing games either, but I don't really think that's the plan. Except maybe in Asia for WoW, where the sub model is dying.

So they are not only one of the last online games left with gonads enough to charge a monthly fee, but they also think they can have micro transactions? LOL. Who even still plays that game? Suckers looking to spend money on pixels that will mean nothing even in the digital world by this time next year. Is Blizzard the new EA? Wait does EA even have a game that charges both a monthly fee and micro trans? Maybe Blizz just one upped them?

YAY!!!!!!!!!!YEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE BBBBBEEEEEEESSSSSSTTTTTT EEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I I LOVE MICROTRANSACTIONS!!!!!!!!! (SAID NO GAMER EVER!)

Awesome news, everybody knows gamers just love microtransactions!

I'm optimistic about what they can come up with. I don't play any of their games, but I'm interested in seeing if they come up with anything close to what they're looking to do.

The downfall of Blizzard. This company is basically garbage now.

Trying to cash out before you kill it?

They thought they lost players now... well RIP WoW Blizzard is slowly killing you off....