Should I buy a digital Blizzcon ticket..?

[Vicious-shadow-council]

Someone had linked a video to the moment they talked about Diablo coming to Mobile phone and one guy asked if it was a joke lol. I wouldn’t buy it, but I AM looking forward and hoping they announce an expansion, I’ve been done with BfA. First expansion where i threw in the towel and took like 3 breaks which 1 includes now

I plan to get 120 though and gear up thru pvp/pve soon here when i re-sub

[Taivora-dark-iron]

Honestly, even without any HK stuff, I have been expecting it to be interesting this year, especially after the Diablo catastrophe last year (which still makes me laugh). And the next WoW expac will be announced. Get to see that reaction too. Only time will tell, I suppose.

[Eret-hyjal (Eret)]

Up to you. If you like the goodies go for it. I’m just going to get all the info off mmochamp

[Spinster-farstriders (Spinster)]

Look, if it is a happy and good event that will be fun. If it is a **** show (obviously) then it will be fun. It will only be NOT fun if it is boring.

I mean…a horror show? Because there are maybe going to be protests or boos? Come on. You can’t possibly be that delicate.

[Meritha-thrall (Meritha)]

@Spinster-farstriders

It will only be NOT fun if it is boring.

Very true.

Fun comes in many flavors.

[Roninkaru-bloodhoof (Roninkaru)]

If you want to, do it. Don’t let the dumpster fire drama that happened here turn you away from the event.

[Glinda-azuresong]

Just admit you want the furry suit.

[Fenshire-feathermoon (Fenshire)]

I’ve got my ticket, took Friday 11/1 off work. The lady and I are going to have our own little watch party! Very excited to see how it goes!

[Meritha-thrall (Meritha)]

Oh that is sweet! I bought mine… maybe I can convince my SO to stay home with me and watch it instead of watching the panels again when he gets home.

[Argronak-queldorei (Argronak)]

What does “SO” mean?

[Meritha-thrall (Meritha)]

Significant Other. We aren’t technically married, but we have been together 20 years so saying boyfriend seems a bit off.

[Acherus-mankrik]

@Notagin-kul-tiras

@Acherus-mankrik

Blizzcon is what business circles call a ‘loss leader’. You take a loss on one column, to make bank in others. In this case, Blizzcon doesn’t bring in what it costs, but it is a massive hypefest that gets everyone talking about what Blizzard will be doing in the next year.

lol. Okay. An estimated 40,000 attendees @ $229 per attendee is $9.2 million. That doesn’t account for the rich or crazy fans who paid $550 for the deluxe access package. Add in the tens of thousands who bought Virtual Pass @ $49. Stupid low-ball guess with no basis of fact 25,000 VP so another $1.2 million. Plus there will be the sale of Blizzard merch. Don’t know if Blizz gets a cut from the convention center concession.

So more than $10 million in revenues (and more than likely much higher). And people still say it’s a loss leader?

That’s because people don’t take into account how much everything actually costs. Going from the Anaheim Convention Center’s own website, you can see that each exhibit hall (A-E) costs between $12250-24500 a day, minimum. That’s each exhibit hall. Does it take up the Arena? Another $15000 a day. Meeting rooms? Each of those is $415-21125 per day, depending on size. And we haven’t even gotten to staff, which start at the rate of $21 an hour for complementary coat checkers, and go up from there, depending on skills and position.

And that’s just the costs for the site itself, renting it out and getting staff on hand to run the show. You also have insurance costs, to cover for damage to the site, or anything else that might go wrong. Material costs, including signage, booth materials, and the like. Production costs, getting the merch made and shipped to the venue. Hotel costs and catering costs as well.

Oh, and on top of all that? You have taxes. Because the City of Anaheim, the State of California, and the United States are all going to get a cut of that revenue.

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

@Acherus-mankrik

@Notagin-kul-tiras

@Acherus-mankrik

Blizzcon is what business circles call a ‘loss leader’. You take a loss on one column, to make bank in others. In this case, Blizzcon doesn’t bring in what it costs, but it is a massive hypefest that gets everyone talking about what Blizzard will be doing in the next year.

lol. Okay. An estimated 40,000 attendees @ $229 per attendee is $9.2 million. That doesn’t account for the rich or crazy fans who paid $550 for the deluxe access package. Add in the tens of thousands who bought Virtual Pass @ $49. Stupid low-ball guess with no basis of fact 25,000 VP so another $1.2 million. Plus there will be the sale of Blizzard merch. Don’t know if Blizz gets a cut from the convention center concession.

So more than $10 million in revenues (and more than likely much higher). And people still say it’s a loss leader?

That’s because people don’t take into account how much everything actually costs. Going from the Anaheim Convention Center’s own website, you can see that each exhibit hall (A-E) costs between $12250-24500 a day, minimum. That’s each exhibit hall. Does it take up the Arena? Another $15000 a day. Meeting rooms? Each of those is $415-21125 per day, depending on size. And we haven’t even gotten to staff, which start at the rate of $21 an hour for complementary coat checkers, and go up from there, depending on skills and position.

And that’s just the costs for the site itself, renting it out and getting staff on hand to run the show. You also have insurance costs, to cover for damage to the site, or anything else that might go wrong. Material costs, including signage, booth materials, and the like. Production costs, getting the merch made and shipped to the venue. Hotel costs and catering costs as well.

Oh, and on top of all that? You have taxes. Because the City of Anaheim, the State of California, and the United States are all going to get a cut of that revenue.

/10 char

[Lancers-area-52]

only get it if you want the cosmetics otherwise its just kinda a waste because its up on MMO-champ or similar sites in a matter of minutes.