Was WoW's "tribute" to Robin Williams a money grab?

[Nicklesbe]

DakonBlackblade said:

Nicklesbe said:

Slarvax said:
Well, is the tribute behind a pay wall?

Yes. a paywall that conicidently just went up right after they announced they were making an NPC for him.

The subscription cost dont freaking count are you nuts, thats the price for playing WoW, all of it, not a price for seeing Robbin Willians in game. And you might be a fan of the guy but arent you overestimating his capacity of making ppl want to buy and subscribe for a game via his existance as a not yet implemented NPC just a tiny bit ?

The hell it doesn't. A paywall is a paywall and it is behind one.You can't see Robin Williams tribute without going through that pay wall. The reason they were inspired to do it in the first place was because of that American consolate employee that played EvE online. EvE can be played for absolutly free.After they made that tribute it increased their user base by a considerable ammount. WoW has a pay wall and they just increased the price, if you read the forums they are considering raising the price everywhere. It absolutly does count and unless they want to offer people the ability to see that tribute without having to pay then they are exploiting his death and making money off it because just like with EvE it will give them a boost. If it didn't then they probably wouldn't be increasing the subscription cost.