Blizzard Sells Out Of Non-Combat Pet
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Really Blizzard? Really? You've sold out of an item that doesn't even exist? One that doesn't need to be manufactured, doesn't require materials or any labor to reproduce? Folks, as of press time the charity helping Pandaren Monk is officially "Sold Out" on North American shores. The paradox of selling out of a virtual item kind of boggles the mind doesn't it? He's been on sale only a week!
Okay, deep breath. Perhaps Blizzard meant the Panda to be some sort of limited pet. Only 10,000 copies were to be sold on a first come, first served basis. To bad the company failed to inform anyone, including the web team. Players who were on the fence about the purchase have had the decision made for them, at least temporarily. For the moment, they are no longer stuck between their need to own all pets, and the shroud of fel energy that could consume their very soul should they be tempted by the darkside a microtransaction.
If the monk is truly limited, not some sort of database error or mix up, then it'll go down in microtransaction history. The Champions Online limited 6-month/lifetime subscription package "shortage" will go out the window. The new winner of the "Most Boneheaded Move" in the short AAA MMORPG microtransaction era will go to Blizzard and its disappearing monk.
/me cleans the anger spittle from his keyboard
I have no problem with microtransactions, especially aesthetic ones, in a subscription-based game - I am so tempted to drop $20 - but I do have a problem with misinformation, and false advertising.
In the spirit of Helen Lovejoy, "Will someone please think of the children?" I wonder, does Make A Wish keep track of the donations made to them? Could we get dig through the information to see how much Blizzard donated to calculate how many pandas were created?
I'm also curious as to who's buying the pets and why. Are you a pet collector, or did the extra animations and interactivity sell you on these pets? Did you grab just one, or both?
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Really Blizzard? Really? You've sold out of an item that doesn't even exist? One that doesn't need to be manufactured, doesn't require materials or any labor to reproduce? Folks, as of press time the charity helping Pandaren Monk is officially "Sold Out" on North American shores. The paradox of selling out of a virtual item kind of boggles the mind doesn't it? He's been on sale only a week!
Okay, deep breath. Perhaps Blizzard meant the Panda to be some sort of limited pet. Only 10,000 copies were to be sold on a first come, first served basis. To bad the company failed to inform anyone, including the web team. Players who were on the fence about the purchase have had the decision made for them, at least temporarily. For the moment, they are no longer stuck between their need to own all pets, and the shroud of fel energy that could consume their very soul should they be tempted by the darkside a microtransaction.
If the monk is truly limited, not some sort of database error or mix up, then it'll go down in microtransaction history. The Champions Online limited 6-month/lifetime subscription package "shortage" will go out the window. The new winner of the "Most Boneheaded Move" in the short AAA MMORPG microtransaction era will go to Blizzard and its disappearing monk.
/me cleans the anger spittle from his keyboard
I have no problem with microtransactions, especially aesthetic ones, in a subscription-based game - I am so tempted to drop $20 - but I do have a problem with misinformation, and false advertising.
In the spirit of Helen Lovejoy, "Will someone please think of the children?" I wonder, does Make A Wish keep track of the donations made to them? Could we get dig through the information to see how much Blizzard donated to calculate how many pandas were created?
I'm also curious as to who's buying the pets and why. Are you a pet collector, or did the extra animations and interactivity sell you on these pets? Did you grab just one, or both?
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