I wonder how long until people are up in arms bitching about blizzard trying to make money and accusing them of planning to sell epics and max lvl characters.
Only half the proceeds go to make-a-wish? You'd think with all the money they are pulling in they could at least afford to give all proceeds.
wtf don't you idiots get about running a company. OMG 9 million subscribers paying a estimated 14.99/ month! they gotta be making fucktonbillions a month
1. WoW MMORPG.
2. WoW DC comic.
3. WoW trading card game.
4. WoW paper-and-pencil RPG.
5. WoW novels.
6. WoW board games.
7. WoW Jinx apparel.
8. WoW beer steins.
9. WoW Mt. Dew soda.
10. WoW figurines.
11. WoW-themed replicas.
And so on and so on... Or do you want to throw on top of the pile all the money coming in from paid transfers, race transfers, faction transfers, re-customizations, and all the extra sales from retail copies for the Refer-A-Friend program?
Back when WoW first started, yeah they were probably making little profit since it was just the MMO. But now at least half that list (or more) is simply residual income, people make the products and cut Blizzard in on a portion simply to use the name. I'm sure some of them Blizzard's staff has some time/effort into it, but it would be minimal.
And?1. WoW MMORPG.
2. WoW DC comic.
3. WoW trading card game.
4. WoW paper-and-pencil RPG.
5. WoW novels.
6. WoW board games.
7. WoW Jinx apparel.
8. WoW beer steins.
9. WoW Mt. Dew soda.
10. WoW figurines.
11. WoW-themed replicas.
And so on and so on... Or do you want to throw on top of the pile all the money coming in from paid transfers, race transfers, faction transfers, re-customizations, and all the extra sales from retail copies for the Refer-A-Friend program?
Back when WoW first started, yeah they were probably making little profit since it was just the MMO. But now at least half that list (or more) is simply residual income, people make the products and cut Blizzard in on a portion simply to use the name. I'm sure some of them Blizzard's staff has some time/effort into it, but it would be minimal.
Hoover's - Blizzard Entertainment Financial Information - Financials
hoovers isnt showing up for me.. anyone else? well the statistics part of it in the yellow box thingy
And?
It's a fucking for-profit company. They aren't a god damn charity, and even if they were making $2 billion a WEEK, they could, should, and would still charge money for shit. That's what companies DO.