Blizzard raised sub prices for Ukraine and Turkey. Are we next?

Inflation is real, when will it happen to us?

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It wouldnā€™t surprise me. On the other hand, I could see more than a few players bowing out if the sub price is increased, so it may not be worth the trouble for them.

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I suspect it has more to do with exchange rates than inflation. Prices around the world are more-or-less pegged to the US dollar. Every so often they look at trends and reset prices. Turkeyā€™s currency has been on a downward trend for a couple of years.

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Theyā€™re deleting threads about this. Hopefully people inform journalists so the world knows.

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Iā€™m sure someone, somewhere is already on it. What they do with that information thoughā€¦time will tell. Itā€™ll probably depend on whether that hobgoblin Bobby Kotick pays them off or not. :sweat_smile:

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How flippin stupid do you have to be to raise prices in Ukraine given how many people are outspokenly against the war?

Excluding any ā€œpoliticsā€ itā€™s like ABK craves bad press.

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Itā€™s ABK. Pretty dang stupid is what they do best.

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Sounds to me like an automatic adjustment for currency exchange that was put in for by money pushers who apparently havenā€™t turned on the news for two years, and then it made it to ā€œliveā€ without anyone with more sense looking at or approving it.

Just bureaucracy in motion. Never attribute to malice what can be better explained by stupidity.

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World politics aside, we are, quite honestly, way overdue for a sub price increase. Everything around the world is more expensive but the sub price has stayed the same all these years. Itā€™s great like that but unrealistic to think itā€™ll last forever.

I do think itā€™ll be quite a reckoning when it does come though and itā€™ll likely be a sub increase + perks to soften the blowā€¦something like sub price + 1 free character race swap per month (since digital transactions are just free to them as is).

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LOL this was my first thought! People of Ukraine, are some of you trying to escape the terrors of war occasionally by diving into Azeroth? Weā€™re thrilled we can be a part of some stress relief and escape for you.

Also, price is going up.

Maybe I just lack business savvy, but I think I would have raised the price everywhere else but, if for no other reason than opticsā€¦ but maybe our favorite trade prince is winding up something pro-Kremlin to follow this one up with, in addition to his other provoking thought pieces recently.

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If you convert what they are paying for 60 day sub into US dollars, itā€™s less than what we pay (even after the new price update)

We pay $30 for 60 day sub
They pay $20-27 for 60 day sub
(after conversion)

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Turns out Blizzard is actually Russia.

Weā€™re the bad guys!

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Just a matter of time before we Canadians see another rise and other spots. I doubt theyā€™ll touch the US for a long while. I canā€™t see it help people who are on the fence already to justify paying.

I barely get by on wow tokens, I couldnā€™t justify paying for this in CAD. Rather put that to an already growing food prices, and inflation here.

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Why not both?

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This is funny. Itā€™s actually hilarious. Tell the world get the word out! March in the streets! Nobody cares except the players

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Were it any other company, Iā€™d say that they would want to avoid bad press. But big or small, bad press is apparently something Blizzard loves. The ā€œwordā€ probably got out the moment this article hit WoWhead.

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Attention is attention. Press is attention. Attention brings new players. Blizzard understands branding and marketing.

I donā€™t think you understand how this works.

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Yes it will happen.

This is my theme song at work.

:cookie:

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