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Blizzard has announced details of BlizzCon 2009, which will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center on August 21 to 22nd.
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tvalentine
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wow they are hosting this blizzcon alot earlier then the last one. I hope i can get tickets to this one like last year
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Samuraisword
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It's wrong that developers charge for these events. They are marketing tools that enhance their product and foster customer loyalty. The developers should absorb the entire cost of hosting it. The only thing attendees should pay for are their travel, lodging, food, and other entertainment expenses. I am curious what these great prizes will be. If any of them are ingame rewards then what Blizzard is participating in is a form of RMT. |
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tvalentine
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Originally posted by Samuraisword
blizzard has never given out in-game rewards that effect gameplay for going to blizzcon. And they charge people tickets because if they didnt, you would have a million people there making the whole convention a cluster fuck.
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Hum does this mean we have wait until atleast august for Starcraft 2 Any 1 wanna put money down on blizzard discussing the new MMO?
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From how Blizzard has dealt with past "secret" projects...I really doubt they show their new game. They wont show it till it looks and demo's flawlessly. Thier first showing of Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 looked ready to ship out the door...but no word yet on any release dates. |
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Blizzard likes to make it's games for the casual player base, But buying Blizzcon tickets is all about twitch play? why is that? |
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Originally posted by tvalentine
Blizzcon is always in August how is it earlier? |
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Whoopty-doo! |
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Samuraisword
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Originally posted by tvalentine
blizzard has never given out in-game rewards that effect gameplay for going to blizzcon. And they charge people tickets because if they didnt, you would have a million people there making the whole convention a cluster fuck. So it's impossible to offer a limited amount of tickets to those who sign up first without charging for them? Or perhaps holding ongoing ingame events to earn them? |
Originally posted by Samuraisword So it's impossible to offer a limited amount of tickets to those who sign up first without charging for them? Or perhaps holding ongoing ingame events to earn them?
Its impossible to get blizzcon tickets it sells out within 30 minutes of being annouced? Ever seen blizzcon tickets sold on ebay? UPward of $200 per tickets sold on ebay? Blizzard need to print 1 million blizzcon tickets... You need fast finger to order blizzcon tickets....
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Samuraisword
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Originally posted by Furor So it's impossible to offer a limited amount of tickets to those who sign up first without charging for them? Or perhaps holding ongoing ingame events to earn them?
Its impossible to get blizzcon tickets it sells out within 30 minutes of being annouced? Ever seen blizzcon tickets sold on ebay? UPward of $200 per tickets sold on ebay? Blizzard need to print 1 million blizzcon tickets... You need fast finger to order blizzcon tickets....
Clearly Blizzard is selling them because they can. That doesn't make it right. |
Originally posted by Noktaris
But they've admitted to the secret MMO as far back as 2007, so I would be willing to venture that they've put 2-3 years in already.
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Originally posted by coffee
That's a very good first question. Indeed it could mean SC2 will only get published in Sep/Oct. For the new MMO it is way too early. They will announce a new expansion for Wow though. If you take the same production cycles of TBC, that would mean Mar/Apr/, Aug, Dec/Jan and May for the 4 content WotLK patches (Pve/pvp/professions). That would indicate a target date for Sep/Oct 2010 for the 3rd Wow expansion. This also implies Diablo 3 will only be published in 2011, so the new MMO could be in at 2012/13 earliest. Way too long to push it now, because it would take the steam out of Wow. I guess Wow1 will be put on a lower priority rate as of 2012/13 as the new MMO will launch. 2009 should be a very "calm" year for MMO competition. I don't believe in any of the competition being ready to push something new, so Blizzard has the time (again). Also... the fact GW2 was pushed back by 2 years (and Aion a full year for the western market), shows that publishers (hopefully) learned their lessons from the catastrophic launches in 2008. I guess the last one of the "old unfinished launches" will be Darkfall, after which everyone will have understood MMO's are far more than running around in some 3D landscape. (hurray! it "moves" so we can launch). In the end it will be the customers that will benifit from longer development cycles instead for paying for unfinished beta "non-games".
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Originally posted by skeaser
But they've admitted to the secret MMO as far back as 2007, so I would be willing to venture that they've put 2-3 years in already.
I'm sure they have put in a few years as well...And it probably already looks great,whatever it is. (I'm hoping for a space mmo) starcraft or whatever. Fantasy is getting old. |
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Originally posted by Noktaris
I'm sure they have put in a few years as well...And it probably already looks great,whatever it is. (I'm hoping for a space mmo) starcraft or whatever. Fantasy is getting old.
No, Blizzard is NOT FunCom or Mythic. They have another approach. Talk about it when you can already play in it. The first Blizzard developper jumping in front of a camera and yelling "awesome, awesome" YEARS before the game launches is yet to be born. And I am glad. |
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Wooo! New MMO announcement ftw! *crosses fingers*
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tvalentine
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Originally posted by Ozmodan
Blizzcon is always in August how is it earlier?
no it isnt. The tickets went on sale august 11th of last year. And the convention itself was in october http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/29/blizzcon-ticket-sale-date-announced/ i would make it clicky, but you can copy paste it yourself for posting about something you didnt know about.
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tvalentine
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Originally posted by Samuraisword So it's impossible to offer a limited amount of tickets to those who sign up first without charging for them? Or perhaps holding ongoing ingame events to earn them?
....... you dont understand do you? If they give out as many tickets as they want, too many people would show and the whole place would be impossible to move around in. Because there is a limit and not a infinite amount of space for blizzcon, they charge for it. (remember learning that in your economics class?) Also they pay for the space at the convention center, and the celebrities that show, so they charge to get their money back and then some for taking time out of their days to showcase their games. This is like asking why E3 (when it was a public convention) and comic-con charge for tickets. And holding ingame events is retarded, because then only the hardcore players, the players who spend 30 hours a session playing WoW, would get the tickets.
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tvalentine
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“The things you own end up owning you.” -Tyler Durden |
Originally posted by Samuraisword
Its impossible to get blizzcon tickets it sells out within 30 minutes of being annouced? Ever seen blizzcon tickets sold on ebay? UPward of $200 per tickets sold on ebay? Blizzard need to print 1 million blizzcon tickets... You need fast finger to order blizzcon tickets....
Clearly Blizzard is selling them because they can. That doesn't make it right.
last i checked conventions aren't free. They need to rent hundreds of computers, celebrities, convention space, and dont forget the electric bill for all those computers. Why do i get the feeling your just tryin to troll a blizzard thread?
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Samuraisword
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Originally posted by tvalentine So it's impossible to offer a limited amount of tickets to those who sign up first without charging for them? Or perhaps holding ongoing ingame events to earn them?
....... you dont understand do you? If they give out as many tickets as they want, too many people would show and the whole place would be impossible to move around in. Because there is a limit and not a infinite amount of space for blizzcon, they charge for it. (remember learning that in your economics class?) Also they pay for the space at the convention center, and the celebrities that show, so they charge to get their money back and then some for taking time out of their days to showcase their games. This is like asking why E3 (when it was a public convention) and comic-con charge for tickets. And holding ingame events is retarded, because then only the hardcore players, the players who spend 30 hours a session playing WoW, would get the tickets. you don't understand do you? These conventions benefit Blizzard. They are marketing tools. Therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost. If you can sell a limited amount of tickets to preserve the finite space available then obviously you can give away the same amount of limited tickets. It's not true that only hardcore players would garnish free tickets thru events. If the events are announced in advance and are varied in type, and only last an hour, then everyone has a fair shake. And yes conventions like E3 and Comic Con should also absorb the costs because the vendors who participate benefit from these events. |
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tvalentine
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Originally posted by Samuraisword
....... you dont understand do you? If they give out as many tickets as they want, too many people would show and the whole place would be impossible to move around in. Because there is a limit and not a infinite amount of space for blizzcon, they charge for it. (remember learning that in your economics class?) Also they pay for the space at the convention center, and the celebrities that show, so they charge to get their money back and then some for taking time out of their days to showcase their games. This is like asking why E3 (when it was a public convention) and comic-con charge for tickets. And holding ingame events is retarded, because then only the hardcore players, the players who spend 30 hours a session playing WoW, would get the tickets. you don't understand do you? These conventions benefit Blizzard. They are marketing tools. Therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost. If you can sell a limited amount of tickets to preserve the finite space available then obviously you can give away the same amount of limited tickets. And yes conventions like E3 and Comic Con should also absorb the costs because the vendors who participate benefit from these events.
well when pigs and fish start flying and when world hunger is fixed, then we can have free stuff like tickets to conventions.
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Samuraisword
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Originally posted by tvalentine
....... you dont understand do you? If they give out as many tickets as they want, too many people would show and the whole place would be impossible to move around in. Because there is a limit and not a infinite amount of space for blizzcon, they charge for it. (remember learning that in your economics class?) Also they pay for the space at the convention center, and the celebrities that show, so they charge to get their money back and then some for taking time out of their days to showcase their games. This is like asking why E3 (when it was a public convention) and comic-con charge for tickets. And holding ingame events is retarded, because then only the hardcore players, the players who spend 30 hours a session playing WoW, would get the tickets. you don't understand do you? These conventions benefit Blizzard. They are marketing tools. Therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost. If you can sell a limited amount of tickets to preserve the finite space available then obviously you can give away the same amount of limited tickets. And yes conventions like E3 and Comic Con should also absorb the costs because the vendors who participate benefit from these events.
well when pigs and fish start flying and when world hunger is fixed, then we can have free stuff like tickets to conventions. Actually it won't be that easy. It requires people not to be stupid and pay for these events. |
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tvalentine
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Joined: 4/01/06
“The things you own end up owning you.” -Tyler Durden |
Originally posted by Samuraisword you don't understand do you? These conventions benefit Blizzard. They are marketing tools. Therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost. If you can sell a limited amount of tickets to preserve the finite space available then obviously you can give away the same amount of limited tickets. And yes conventions like E3 and Comic Con should also absorb the costs because the vendors who participate benefit from these events.
well when pigs and fish start flying and when world hunger is fixed, then we can have free stuff like tickets to conventions. Actually it won't be that easy. It requires people not to be stupid and pay for these events.
its hard not to, since its so worth it. Like going to a rock concert (which people also pay to go to)
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Samuraisword
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Originally posted by tvalentine you don't understand do you? These conventions benefit Blizzard. They are marketing tools. Therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost. If you can sell a limited amount of tickets to preserve the finite space available then obviously you can give away the same amount of limited tickets. And yes conventions like E3 and Comic Con should also absorb the costs because the vendors who participate benefit from these events.
well when pigs and fish start flying and when world hunger is fixed, then we can have free stuff like tickets to conventions. Actually it won't be that easy. It requires people not to be stupid and pay for these events.
its hard not to, since its so worth it. Like going to a rock concert (which people also pay to go to) Live tours for musical acts are a large part of their income. Rock concerts aren't designed to be promotions to sell their product or foster customer loyalty per say. You either like the music or you don't, and that decision was made prior to paying for the concert. Someone attending an E3 or Comic Con or even a Blizzcon may be interested in the genre, but these events are designed to be promotions for various vendors to introduce their products to the consumer. Therefore I find it disingenuous that consumers are expected to pay for the privilege. Can you imagine walking into a retail store and being asked to pay $10 to the salesman in order to view the latest Sony products? I feel Blizzcon benefits Blizzard more than it does the attendees and therefore Blizzard should absorb the cost.
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