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Final-Fan said:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/13/blizzcon-2008-rob-pardo-talks-battle-net-monetizing/

What are your thoughts on this, twesterm? You did an awful lot of fearmongering yesterday.

 

That greatly puts many of my fears to rest, now I'm just curious what they'll charge you for...



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twesterm said:

 

Snesboy said:
April Fools!

You guys are pathetic. Read: gullible.


Right.  It's October.

 

I was joking about the April Fools dude.



WoW costs a shitload to maintain and develop, while something like half of their subscribers are guys in Asia paying way, way less than us Westerners. I wouldn't be surprised if their financial situation was substantially worse than most people thnk.

... ok, that's still insane amounts of money all the time. Anyone know more about these supposed difficulties of theirs, or was it all a joke by the author of the article?



... a joke. He's being sarcastic about the Blizzard guy saying they "have to" start making money off Bnet.

You DID read the thread, right?



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You guys had me scared... I'm gonna log on Battle.net with Diablo II, just to be sure there's not a ransom placed on my characters.



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Well that Joystiq article clears some things up



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