Originally posted by tryklon

Are you that naive to think their main goal is charity?

Wake up dude, if that was the case they would donate 100% not 50%.... its a stupid minipet why do they need 5 dollars for it?

Its shamefull yes, it shows no character yes, will they expand it with more stuff, definately

This,

and not only 100% of 1 pet but both

Originally posted by drajaic

For each Pandaren Monk sale, we'll donate 50% of the $10 purchase price to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. For more information on this charity, visit www.wish.org.

Yes, Blizzard is an evil greedy corporation hell bent on world domination through the sale of digital sex changes and non-combat pets. /rolls eyes If you're going to be a troll/game-hater, at least do your homework and not come off as a retarded douchebag.

Actually, lots of people HAVE done their homework and know that this is just another thing in the long line of Blizz selling people things ON TOP OF a subscription. Here's a novel idea... some people don't like having cash shops on top of subscriptions.

Also, anyone who thinks that the whole "50% being donated!" is sooo compassionate really needs to have their head examined. It's a marketing ploy. They're trying to distract people from the fact that they're selling people items that, according to Blizz's own user agreement, THEY STILL OWN, that probably took a couple of programmers half a day to get running. It's like me trying to sell someone a bag of air and then claiming that I'm being so generous because I'm going to donate 50% of the proceeds to the give-some-kids-some-air foundation.

coming soon*

buy a full suit of epix, half the proceeds go to the [insert charity of the month here], a full suit only $200us.

(btw, nice to see Bliz jump on the bandwagon after guildwars2 lets a make a wish kid add content to the upcoming game)

oh, and half the panda dude's proceeds, not the other purely bliz profit pet :)

$5 of $10 goes to charity?  For a virtual pet that maybe took all of an hour to produce?  I support the charity idea, but get real Blizzard - you're ripping everyone off with this crap, especially those that actually need the Make-a-Wish foundation.

Originally posted by DevilXaphan

Lets all give a big hand to the CEO of Actvision/Blizzard.

I was thinking more of a fist, right now.

Technicaly its not an in-game store, I dont have to buy credits with real money assign it to my account then walk up to an in game NPC and trade my credits for items.

For years now I could search ebay for ingame pets shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html and buy them.

But yes its does set in a motion a cash shop, but as long as it remains vanity pets\items who cares, some one who buys a pandaren does not do +5% dps or any other advantage over me. 

I can see one of these pets being a nice gift to a WoW player and with money going to charity thats even better.

Blizzard have been open for a while in that they might explore micro-transactions: www.videogamer.com/news/blizzards_tom_chilton_on_the_future_of_wow.html

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

TC: I certainly think it's possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

Even blizzard know times will change, might as well set things in motion now.

People whined how bad they hated the subscription+item mall. Now you all have it in WoW. A sad state mmos are heading into. I should suspect many will be leaving WoW now because of the item mall just like many left other mmos for the same reason ? I'm waiting to hear all the excuses from the diehards saying that it is ok now.

This will surely hurt he game.

/sarchasm

Originally posted by coffee

Technicaly its not an in-game store, I dont have to buy credits with real money assign it to my account then walk up to an in game NPC and trade my credits for items.

For years now I could search ebay for ingame pets shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html and buy them.

But yes its does set in a motion a cash shop, but as long as it remains vanity pets\items who cares, some one who buys a pandaren does not do +5% dps or any other advantage over me. 

I can see one of these pets being a nice gift to a WoW player and with money going to charity thats even better.

Blizzard have been open for a while in that they might explore micro-transactions: www.videogamer.com/news/blizzards_tom_chilton_on_the_future_of_wow.html

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

TC: I certainly think it's possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

Even blizzard know times will change, might as well set things in motion now.

Did I miss the announcement that WoW was going F2P?

As for "who cares?", follow this thread and find out.

Originally posted by coffee

Technicaly its not an in-game store, I dont have to buy credits with real money assign it to my account then walk up to an in game NPC and trade my credits for items.

For years now I could search ebay for ingame pets shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html and buy them.

But yes its does set in a motion a cash shop, but as long as it remains vanity pets\items who cares, some one who buys a pandaren does not do +5% dps or any other advantage over me. 

I can see one of these pets being a nice gift to a WoW player and with money going to charity thats even better.

Blizzard have been open for a while in that they might explore micro-transactions: www.videogamer.com/news/blizzards_tom_chilton_on_the_future_of_wow.html

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

TC: I certainly think it's possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

Even blizzard know times will change, might as well set things in motion now.

ooh now you get another pet in addition to the retarded battle.net penguin.  lame.  Glad I let the forced Battle.net be the final nail in the coffin on my account.

Do you, as a player, get a tax receipt for donation purposes?  I'm guessing you don't...but I'm sure blizzard does.  I'm Canadian and not sure if it works the same way in the US but here if you contribute to a charity you can reduce your income when you claim it on income taxes so you get taxed less.

1. No one is telling you to buy it.
2. You can quit the game anytime or not even play.
3. Blizzard is a business they were made to make money.
4. If people will buy it for $10 then they will sell it for $10. Simple Supply Demand principle.
5. No Charity alive sends 100% of proceeds to their cause, to be honest 50% is amazing.
6. If anyone has any other problem's do post them debunking your high school drop up smarts and economic know how will keep me entertained while sitting here in class.

90% of those complaining don't play WOW anyway. If this causes subs to be lost, Blizzard will remove the option....and yes it is an option.

And the milk flows like water, have fun wowers! lol

Originally posted by MMO_Doubter

Originally posted by coffee

Technicaly its not an in-game store, I dont have to buy credits with real money assign it to my account then walk up to an in game NPC and trade my credits for items.

For years now I could search ebay for ingame pets shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html and buy them.

But yes its does set in a motion a cash shop, but as long as it remains vanity pets\items who cares, some one who buys a pandaren does not do +5% dps or any other advantage over me. 

I can see one of these pets being a nice gift to a WoW player and with money going to charity thats even better.

Blizzard have been open for a while in that they might explore micro-transactions: www.videogamer.com/news/blizzards_tom_chilton_on_the_future_of_wow.html

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

TC: I certainly think it's possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

Even blizzard know times will change, might as well set things in motion now.

Did I miss the announcement that WoW was going F2P?

As for "who cares?", follow this thread and find out.

Sadly the majority of ppl in this thread and website are not too fond of WoW so its really not proper to take the comments in this thread to represent the millions playing WoW.

Originally posted by blackthornn

Originally posted by coffee

Technicaly its not an in-game store, I dont have to buy credits with real money assign it to my account then walk up to an in game NPC and trade my credits for items.

For years now I could search ebay for ingame pets shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html and buy them.

But yes its does set in a motion a cash shop, but as long as it remains vanity pets\items who cares, some one who buys a pandaren does not do +5% dps or any other advantage over me. 

I can see one of these pets being a nice gift to a WoW player and with money going to charity thats even better.

Blizzard have been open for a while in that they might explore micro-transactions: www.videogamer.com/news/blizzards_tom_chilton_on_the_future_of_wow.html

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

TC: I certainly think it's possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

Even blizzard know times will change, might as well set things in motion now.

ooh now you get another pet in addition to the retarded battle.net penguin.  lame.  Glad I let the forced Battle.net be the final nail in the coffin on my account.

The "forced" battle.net because companies that buy toons won't buy ones that are connected to battle.net accounts.

@ Ruyn

You do, provided it's above a certain amount (I think it's 150 annually?). But yes, this brings up another good point. The highest tax bracket in the US is 45%. This applies to individuals. Businesses do not pay these sorts of taxes to begin with. Basically Blizzard can use this pet scheme to collect more money than if they asked for 5.50 a pet. Don't think for a second budget analysts haven't thought this north and south as how to best milk any system they put into motion.

It isn't evil to assume such things. It's being naive that allows the evil to happen. Write that down.

Originally posted by templarga

90% of those complaining don't play WOW anyway. If this causes subs to be lost, Blizzard will remove the option....and yes it is an option.

Well we all know what causes such a stir, WOW fans. You can find them on many a forum bashing other companies for this type of business practice. Now it's a bit of revenge I guess, a dish of their own medicine as they say?

Personally for me you're right I really don't care what happens in WOW, I don't play. I do enjoy a good bout of drama though :).

Originally posted by Kilmar

And the milk flows like water, have fun wowers! lol

MMMmm and its fortifed with Iron, Calcium and Vitamin D.  Thats tasty milk I want more. 

Originally posted by coffee

Sadly the majority of ppl in this thread and website are not too fond of WoW so its really not proper to take the comments in this thread to represent the millions playing WoW.

You keep thinking that.

Follow this topic on a few gaming sites for a couple of weeks and watch the backlash.

I've never cared about item malls that held fluff items in a subscription game. it was obvious a long time ago blizzard would do this after they started offering all the services like transfers, name changes, etc. You have to be an idiot to not see this coming.

Any people that do leave (which is probably a small amount) will be counteracted by all the people who do buy pets (which is probably a decent amount of people). They pretty much had this going on before with the tcg for special mounts and such, and that certainly is more costly trying to get those buying cards than just buying a pet.

This is actually a smart move by blizzard. And as mentioned earlier, people complaining here don't like WoW, so mostly they just use this for fuel to prove they were right all along about dreaded WoW, hehe.

Originally posted by neikkio

 

1. No one is telling you to buy it.
2. You can quit the game anytime or not even play.
3. Blizzard is a business they were made to make money.
4. If people will buy it for $10 then they will sell it for $10. Simple Supply Demand principle.
5. No Charity alive sends 100% of proceeds to their cause, to be honest 50% is amazing.
6. If anyone has any other problem's do post them debunking your high school drop up smarts and economic know how will keep me entertained while sitting here in class.

 

But still $10 is pretty steep for a virtual pet.

 This is silly. I guess they will bleed the cow for all its worth which is sad really.

Originally posted by neikkio

 

1. No one is telling you to buy it.
2. You can quit the game anytime or not even play.
3. Blizzard is a business they were made to make money.
4. If people will buy it for $10 then they will sell it for $10. Simple Supply Demand principle.
5. No Charity alive sends 100% of proceeds to their cause, to be honest 50% is amazing.
6. If anyone has any other problem's do post them debunking your high school drop up smarts and economic know how will keep me entertained while sitting here in class.

 

Yes 50% is remarkable to be honest. To be honest, anything over 25% is good and usually its around 10%. I know huge charities in the US that spend 90 cents on the dollar for administrative costs. Before people complain that 50% is "insulting" , maybe you should research how charities really work.

To see people whine and cry about this, well it's pathetic...

Have you seen the ASIAN cash shops? Really, have you?

Fucking pathetic...

Blizzard probably didn't even have cash shop in mind when they set this up...