World of Warcraft’s $90 Mount Is So Popular the In-Game Auction House Is Selling Out of WoW Tokens
World of Warcraft’s $90 Mount Is So Popular the In-Game Auction House Is Selling Out of WoW Tokens
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is no stranger to costly in-game cosmetics, but its latest super expensive mount is so popular it’s causing a shortage of WoW Tokens in the in-game auction house.
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I guess if this was all I did outside of work and sleep, I'd probably buy it. Mailbox and auction house access is priceless.
But, I got shit to do and mouths to feed, so, I don't WoW no mo'.
These headlines keep saying $90 mount but it's basically "$90 access the mailbox and auction house from anywhere, and also get a mount".
But also, isn't the reason these WoW Tokens are low is because people are trading their in-game gold for it instead of actually paying $90 cash??
Yep! People will buy WoW tokens from the auction house with gold, and they can either redeem the tokens for $15 of shop balance or 30 days of game time. I like making gold in game, so anything I've bought from Blizzard over the last few years (including WoW expansions and other games) has been with gold.
The price of tokens went up by about 100,000 gold after this mount got announced and they were selling out fairly regularly for the rest of the day. It seems to have stabilized now, though.
Where do the tokens come from?
Are people buying them from Blizzard for real cash and then listing them in the auction house?
Yes, people pay $20 to buy a WoW token from the cash shop which then gets sold on the in game auction house. That person gets in game gold (the amount fluctuates), and the person who bought the token from the auction house gets their choice of either $15 of shop balance or 30 days of game time.
Sounds for me like Blizzard have taken over the role of the gold sellers themselves and with the same ethical standards.
But that's worse!
It’s kind bad that it’s only for a limited time. People who are not paying now will have a mechanical disadvantage that cannot be overcome.
I wouldn’t mind as much if this was always available, but locking it up after a time feels like it’s selling limited time cheats.
I think it will be common enough that they can easily access an auction house when they need it in the world. They may also introduce another one in the future, but at a higher price.
Typically prices go down, not up. This is already the cheaper version.
Mailbox and auction house access is priceless.
Create the problem, sell the solution.
There's no reason not to let all players access their mail and auction house anywhere through the menus, except that Blizzard has decided to paywall that 'feature'.