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Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store

— wow.com — Blizzard has just launched an online in-game pet sore. You spend real money, you get an in-game pet. The details after the break. This post is currently being edited. Continue reading Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store  ... (more) Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store

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— us.blizzard.com — Pet Store FAQ Why are you introducing this service? The Pet Store provides a new way for players to obtain unique companion pets outside of the game, which is something that has been requested by many players who enjoy World of Warcraft's non-combat ... (more) Blizzard Support

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A Brief History Of Paying Blizzard Cash For WoW Pets
Player Versus Developer — ... That isn't to say that this store won't spread to what Tobold calls "classics" of item stores - gameplay affecting items like potions and mounts. ...

A moment of weakness
Of Teeth and Claws — ... been offering an increasing number of supplemental microtransactions for a long time (server transfers, gender swaps, renames, etc.) but apparently fluff pets have pushed many people past their breaking point. My opinion: Any game that forces you to pay for a subscription in order to play should NOT use microtransactions to allow players to obtain unique items or services that cannot be gained via normal game play. Tobold is probably also right: the floodgates have been opened. ...

Shop Smart, RMT Pet Shop…Smart?
The Pink Pigtail Inn — ... to use the service.” Notice the artful wording in that response. They avoid a direct answer to a simple question and that is never a good sign. Of course, even if they did directly say “no” I doubt I would believe them anymore. They also said they would never do faction changes or races either and well…you know what…they did. People keep insisting that the pet store is not on a slippy slope when all the evidence points to the fact it actually is on a slippery slope. Epics for sale. Wake up and smell the coffee. ...

WoW Tempest
Tish Tosh Tesh — ... No, it’s not the Cataclysm, it’s the latest nerdragestorm about Blizzard’s cash cow.  For reference: Blizzard Introduces Microtransactions (via Tobold) and Subscription Game Item Shops are the Third Trammel (via Green Armadillo at PvD) So now Blizzard is TEH EBIL for taking another step into a larger MMO market, one where not everyone pays their $15 door fee and competes for epics and ego via state-sanctioned grinds.  This is the proverbial “straw” to break some camels’ backs.  (Never mind that the ...

Surviving the Microtransapocalypse
Bio Break — ... If 2009 is to be remembered for one specific thing in the MMORPG history books, other than Fallen Earth’s greatness, it will probably be called the year when the microtransactions floodgates finally broke and swept into the “mainstream” of MMOs.  Sure, we’ve had microtransactions before, and I’m not going to get bogged down in semantics over what constitutes a microtransaction or not (such as purchasing a collector’s edition that has a special item vs. the regular edition) — I just want to note that it seems ...