I've got to admit, parts of this Hollywood Reporter interview feels like a rehash of Pardo's keynote at the Austin Game Conference back in September. New and interesting tidbits include an officially increased subscription count at 8 million worldwide and an interesting discussion of microtransactions. Pardo tells us that while such microtransactions might work for some games (he uses the possibility of extra songs in Guitar Hero as an example), it doesn't work for MMO's, or at least not World of Warcraft:What's fun about "WoW' is going into a dungeon and completing a particular quest and then being rewarded with a really cool item that your character can wear to show the other players that you've accomplished something. If you could suddenly buy that item, it would really cheapen that idea of accomplishment.
[Via Joystiq]
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12-15-2006 @ 9:27AM
Shat said...
Thank GOD they're not going the way of EA.
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12-15-2006 @ 11:47AM
Apocolipto said...
I want new music I would so buy a exp if it had new music. MmmmMM and a new cover on the box ya that makes me want a new game woooo
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12-17-2006 @ 9:17AM
Thomas said...
Microtransactions would only work in WoW if they sold gold - however they'd have to undercut current gold sellers. It could be a good thing though, if only to remove that blight from our landscape. Other than that though, I think the Blizz business model is dead-on.
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