I want to know why the blizz website now says $25 CAD for a WOW token, thought they weren’t going to be affected?
The original post in this thread says that if you buy a WoW token with in-game gold your bNet balance will be increased to $21.99. The implication if you buy a WoW token for cash is that you always pay a $5 spread to Blizzard, so the new cash price is $25.99? In the US a Token is $20 which only buys $15 of game-time; Blizz pockets the difference. It has been this way since they introduced the token.
The cad dollar is growing on usd you morons, there is zero reason to do this. Enjoy the quit wave you heathens. You disgust me.
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Game time is gift-able to other players, subscriptions are not thats the main difference. Also subscriptions cant be bought with balance which is why the token redemption rate needed to be increased.
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Ok but the Canadian dollar is 0.25 on the US dollar. Been close to that for years.
People are saying the exchange rate wouldn’t put the prepaid card rate up to what blizz is now charging. 30% on the Us dollar ? Sure, but not 35 or 40%
making profits any means necessary is not something to be proud of.
announcing billions in pure profit, then firing hundred of people during covid when people are already struggling. raising prices because those billions in pure profits are not enough for those in charge. No they have to fire people and raise prices because why settle for billions when you can have more money right.
Never mind the lives destroyed when you fire employees, or making the products unaffordable. No the main thing is to make all the money, not think about how you are destroying your company long term.
Activision bragged about making i think it was 7 billion dollars after all their expenses were paid. There is somthing seriously wrong when someone makes billions of dollars then fires hundreds of employees just so they can have even more money they don’t need.
defending blizzard here is in incredibly bad taste.
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You really think the service you offer is worth that much? That’s almost the price of my internet.
No offence, but between record profits, awful working conditions, brain drain, server problems and the general state of WoW it’s hard to legitimise that kind of pricing. You are incredibly out of touch.
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This isn’t about the exchange rate though. The price should be staying the same if it was just about the exchange rate.
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So not only is the game VERY expensive to play ($50 for the base game + $22/mo after this change), but we also lost free character boosts with the purchase of Shadowlands. That feature was cut from base game and added to the premium package. Unbelievable. Not to mention that the US to Canadian conversion means that we are now paying more than our American counterparts.
To further the point, race changes, faction changes, ANY paid service is disgustingly expensive and unreasonable.
It is revolting to see how far Blizz will go to milk their player base and exploit the love that players have for their game. Blizz should be ashamed.
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Blizzard, you finally have an expansion that people love and everyone is diving back in and enjoying themselves. Do you honestly want to ruin that? This expansion has had the most pre orders in years, all the servers are packed again, and NOW is when you decide to gouge the player base for an extra $3 a month?
stay classy
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For the garbage you guys have been releasing? Goodbye WOW!
Really? Just because you like it doesn’t mean other ‘love it’.
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US Subs will increase 3 bucks if they go by the Canadian scale. They already make a killing off tokens,mount and pets sales, and character services. I say say Screw Em’
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But guys for $22 month you get unlimited contents!!! You pay $50 for a 2 hour movie
/sarcasm
So people that subscribe monthly(1) probably aren’t as confident in Blizzards ability to keep the game interesting.
Now those people are being charged more.
Congratulations, you’ve played yourself.
This is enough for me to unsub…taxes in that’s almost $25/month…not worth it anymore
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I need help. I don’t understand.
So, if I set up a subscription, I only pay 18.99/mo. But, if I just buy a month, I pay 21.99 each time. Why?
Is there some extra cost with buying game time over a subscription? Or is this some scheme of some kind to make up for lost revenue since people who buy game time can’t do the whole “forget to cancel” and leave their sub running? lol
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current subs are unaffected but once your sub is renewed the new prices taken
Weird, the store still says 18.99 for a subscription. It also does stat in the OP that subscriptions are excluded? And unaffected. Am I misunderstanding that?
Another thing I forgot to ask my Bnet balance is purely from tokens redeemed. That is going to scale, right? I haven’t really been keeping tabs on it’s exact value.
nvm I misunderstood…recurring subs won’t be affected so if we unsub and resub THEN we’ll be charged the new prices
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