How about you hang out with us as we discuss some of the more esoteric aspects of the games we love to play? Your weekly dose of WoW takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, pitlls and traps. For those of you who have been living under the proverbial internet rock (you are missing some awesome memes right now), Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 would feature two auction houses, one using in-game gold as currency and theother using real currency that would be deposited into a Battle.net account wallet and used from there.
Since Blizzard droppedthe Diablo 3 bombshell on us early Monday, I will post the second article in myseries on micro-transaction models next week.
The whole system gets more intriguing when you take into account that sales made on the real-money auction house can make their way to your own very real wallet through an unannounced third party or deposited back into your Battle.net wallet for use on anything digital in the Blizzard store, including WoW game time.
If youre a regular reader ofThe Lawbringer, you already know how excited I get over virtual currency. This is my wheelhouse. I feel like a master carpenter at Wood Con 2011, cosplaying as my vorite oak tree, quercus alnifolia. Pair that with real currency, and excitement levels hit the stratosphere. I may break through the atmosphere at some point. That int sonic boom you hear will be me hurtling through the air in excitement and wonderment.
Dan wants to know how the new Diablo 3 auction house stops gold sellers.
You say that the Diablo 3 money auction house will stop gold sellers but wont the diablo3 gold sellers just use the auction house like everyone else? Doesnt this make the problem worse?
Yes, gold sellers will use the legitimate means of selling gold through the Blizzard-approved channels -- and that is kind of the point. See, the problem most people have with gold selling isnt necessarily the ct that buying gold equates to cheating in a video game. We already buy items and cheat in almost every game we play. The real problem withgold selling is where the gold comes from and the ramifications and consequences of purchasing d3 gold.
Source: http://blog.d3blogsafe.com
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