bullcopra.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
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I was listening to the Twisted Nether Blogcast this morning and found myself thinking about one thing. And later on when I read the comments on the last few days postings about micro transactions and paying separately for different content I noticed that I could combine these two into a single ...
wow.com - 28 days ago
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wow.com —
In a surprising and stunning move, Blizzard has
just launched a real money online in-game pet sore....
You spend real money, you get an in-game pet. This fully brings Blizzard into the world of microtransactions -- even if the cost of $10 for one ...
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Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store
us.blizzard.com - 28 days ago
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us.blizzard.com —
The Blizzard Store requires JavaScript to be enabled
in your browser. Please enable it before continuing. Collectibles...
Show All Pet Store (2) Blizzard Universes Show All Warcraft (2) Blizzard Store » Collectibles » Pet Store 2 product(s) found. World ...
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us.blizzard.com - 28 days ago
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us.blizzard.com —
After you purchase Lil' K.T., you'll receive a
code that can then be redeemed on any World...
of Warcraft account via Battle.net Account Management. This pet code can be emailed to a friend as a gift, or—if you would rather redeem the pet code ...
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... We’ve seen a lot of other blog reactions to the petstore. The majority accept that the pets aren’t a big deal, but there’s a pervasive sense of sadness – as if we’d seen the future and people aren’t sure if they like it (ultimately if it’s more profitable for devs to make social games and sell pretty pets than make big expansive virtual worlds with complex teamplay, then well …). Green Armadillo sums this up, asking if RMT is the third Trammel. Copra also expresses sadness at how the game is changing, philosophically.
The Rampant Coyote wonders if too ...
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