This is true if there’s only one mount. This is not true when there’s already 80+ mounts. Also, from a monetary value; mount #81 gives Blizzard nothing while in the store they help make up for the diminished playerbase. We, as players, gain next to nothing from an 81st in game mount to collect in regards to our playing experience.
Hell yea they should if they also keep pumping out 30-80 in game mounts every patch also.
Again, your using numbers, you’re not addressing my points here and instead of defaulting to numbers here, thinking it’s magically proves your point without actually explaining how it does. Saying “oh, you have more mounts you can earn ingame” doesn’t justify the microtransactions at all.
It’s very telling that you didn’t do address my points.
You didn’t quoted the entire thing.
This is what i’ve said.
I am essentially saying that you defending the microtransactions will give blizzard a reason to make more microtransactions. Please don’t misquote me out of context.
Have you not been paying attention? You’re trying to detract to some capitalist boogeyman that doesn’t exist. Blizzard has increased the number of in game mounts pretty much every patch. I’m relying on numbers because they’re factual and not some self induced sense of fear. WoWs numbers are declining and they’re not coming back. No amount of PR is going to increase subs, especially not some “omg Billy there’s a super cool quest to get this mount in WoW, come play!”. Try selling WoW to anyone by using mounts as a sales pitch. I dare you… you got 80+ mounts from this expansion to try with.
The store helps WoW stay relevant to ATVI which means we still get to keep the light on and they offset this by still providing MORE mounts every patch. The balance still falls heavily to over 95%+ of mounts being earned in game.
Long as it’s not another version of squeakers then I’ll more then likely spring for it.
Should be a floating spore.
Would but.
We still haven’t even gotten our tree mounts yet.
As the Lunar New Year with the zodiac animals is celebrated by other countries in Asia you’re still safe.
It still doesn’t justify the microtransactions. They can put in 1 million mounts and it still wouldn’t justify the microtransactions, because simply the fact the store mounts are still microtransactions, and they are a terrible practice on gaming as a whole.
It literally does not matter if WoW “does it less bad then others”. Actually does matter, because it’s more subtle on how it does it’s MTX and it works, because people like you defend it. And there we get WoW Tokens. It’s it obvious logical step.
So why defend MTX if you don’t think WoW is declining and those subs aren’t coming back then?
There’s nothing subtle about it. People that want to spend money can and those that don’t can benefit off those that do and everyone can get those mounts regardless of whether they want to spend money or not.
You would rather have WoW shut down or receive no support than see every 20th mount go to the store because you’re so afraid of the big bad micro transaction boogeyman. The store has existed for 10 years now and Blizzard has shown no signs of moving towards an abusive amount of content in the store.
I support the level of micro transaction thus far because I understand it helps the game I like playing stay up.
Also, as someone that has spent 6+ years with over 3500 attempts on Galleon, I’d gladly pay $25. That crap ain’t content.
I forgot all about it! So I am excited now!!
im not sure where the trend started, but the store mounts and pets are really great options for gift giving to your wow friends.
I’m curious if they are going to call the mount ‘Wuhan’ and you get poisoned while riding it 
Nice black and white thinking here. “You either support 100% the game and it’s MTX, or you want the game to be shut down. No middle ground about it.”
Either/or at it’s finest there… 
(I did get that one wrong, it’s Either/or, not false dilemma)
Until you can explain how 1 mount can bring in $3 million by being in game, it’s the truth. Again, try to convince ANYONE to come play a 15 year old game by showing them mounts.
If you don’t think people will play the game to get 1 mount because it’s 15 years old, what makes you think they will pay $25 for one? I mean it’s 15 years old as you said, so what’s the point in paying for it really if were going by your logic?
Because numbers don’t lie. People DO buy the mounts. I use $3 mill as a reference point because it’s well known that the charity pets (which costs $10 less) break $3 mill consistently. 1 extra mount isn’t going to bring back players, increase subs or extend current subs but hella people that are already playing will buy it for $25.
Again, going by your logic, so isn’t 1 extra store mount.
Yea no 
but it’ll make the equivalent of 50,000 players quarterly subscription out of the people that are still playing.
That’s true. But Blizzard doesn’t need an “excuse” for selling stuff. They are a retail company. Selling stuff is what they do.
They don’t live in some imaginary alternate universe in your head, where they “shouldn’t” do…whatever you dislike.
Again, by your logic, so will subs here. PR works both ways. it doesn’t work one way only as your trying to imply here. If people hear that there’s no microtransactions in a game, they will take that as positive PR.
And positive PR means money, and etc…