Nerd Thread about Diablo 3

[EkireiTheNecro]

Originally Posted by deakolt [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

neither of these sound that bad. Diablo was always best played with other people. I agree with the argument that RMT gonna go down anyway so Blizzard might as well try to regulate it and profit off it.

Except I'm fairly certain that their motivations aren't so pure.

They know how much money big sites were making from item sales in Diablo 2 and they wan't a piece of that action now -- or all of that action.

[Feachie]

I bought my first car selling soj's at the local pc bangs. true story.

in the back of my mind i figured blizzard would find a way to fuck it up :\

[bman8810]

Originally Posted by Feachie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I bought my first car selling soj's at the local pc bangs. true story.

in the back of my mind i figured blizzard would find a way to fuck it up :\

How does this fuck it up? You will be able to offload the real life money you make using a third party (Paypal or potentially directly to your bank). This widens your customer base and allows for more secure transactions. Also, you will be able to sell characters. I, for one, love building characters in addition to end game farming. I also tend to build one character to max and then never play him again. As such, I love the idea of being able to sell off my old characters.

[Feachie]

Originally Posted by bman8810 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How does this fuck it up? You will be able to offload the real life money you make using a third party (Paypal or potentially directly to your bank). This widens your customer base and allows for more secure transactions. Also, you will be able to sell characters. I, for one, love building characters in addition to end game farming. I also tend to build one character to max and then never play him again. As such, I love the idea of being able to sell off my old characters.

wait.. WHAT? is that how they're going to make money off of this? offer ebay type services for rmt traders? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah I'm down

[eastadam55]

Say you want to sell a certain item for $10 and with the auction house, you sell it and earn your money. BUT blizzard is probably going to keep a percentage of that money so the $10 you sold the item for, your really getting like 8 or 9. Blizzard is one of the most money hungry video game companies I've ever seen. Well at least that's my theory on it but I doubt that they don't plan on making a profit out of this.

[bman8810]

Originally Posted by eastadam55 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Say you want to sell a certain item for $10 and with the auction house, you sell it and earn your money. BUT blizzard is probably going to keep a percentage of that money so the $10 you sold the item for, your really getting like 8 or 9. Blizzard is one of the most money hungry video game companies I've ever seen. Well at least that's my theory on it but I doubt that they don't plan on making a profit out of this.

They have already said they will take a cut for posting and a cut for selling. If that cut amounts to 10-20% is it really that crazy? You are, after all, going to be selling items/characters you earned by playing a free-to-play game. Are they really so greedy due to wanting to make some money to help keep D3 profitable as time progresses? Quite honestly, you sound just as greedy for begrudging them a cut of the money YOU will make by playing on their free servers.

[deakolt]

i don't think it's greedy at all i agree

[purist]

if anyone is boycotting d3 over this purist will take your beta keys if u get any thank u

[rak-012]

Cant say I blame them afterall they are a business making money. I dont think this will sway many people away D3. It has such a massive cult following I think most wont even bat an eyelid.

[Knuckle]

Originally Posted by rak-012 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cant say I blame them afterall they are a business making money. I dont think this will sway many people away D3. It has such a massive cult following I think most wont even bat an eyelid.

i didnt even buy starcraft 2 and i loved starcraft 1.