No plans to introduce real money payments
At a press conference during the BlizzCon convention in Los Angeles
yesterday, Blizzard stated firmly that it had no plans to implement real money
transactions in World of
Warcraft - or any of its other games.
It is an increasingly popular trend in Asia to run free-to-play MMOs where
players buy in-game items with real money, and the these games are now starting
to appear in the West.
But when it was put to him that Blizzard lost money by not charging for
items, company co-founder Frank Pearce, senior vice-president of product
develepment, argued that subscribers have a better experience and are more
loyal.
"Can you show us a profit and loss statement that shows that we lose money on
that?" he challenged.
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