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World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/games@lemmy.world
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I thought this was a joke but it seems like it's actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

They probably meant 170k gold in-game

Also what they haven't said is that the price is set by players of the game,. When someone buys a WoW token and exchanges it for gold, that's because a player has paid them with gold they earned for the token. These tokens can be then used to pay for your monthly subscription.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are correct. Token value is decided by players on the auction house, not Blizzard, though I'm sure someone will argue that they are capable of manipulating the AH and therefore they are driving it up

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    They are capable of it, but I don't really see why they would. Making the tokens cost more gold would mean less people willing to buy them on the AH and therefore less people selling tokens. I think the prices have just exploded because of the mount releasing. As someone else mentioned on here, I believe Blizzard just sets a minimum price for tokens.

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