Comments on: WoW Pet Costs More Than My Monthly Subscription

By: luvy duvy

luvy duvy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:36:02 +0000

I like the pet stores i bought both pets and all the time i make a character in Wow no matter what faction what race on any server they automaticaly get a pet i hope they make more pets in the future and allso some of the money goes to the I make a wish foundation for kids who are dying and the company makes there wish come true so i didn feel stupid buying the pet. the pets pandorin monk and the K.T. ghost pet is very animated when you /bow to the monk he bows rite back and allso does lots of kung fu action and the K.T every now and then freezes rats when they come towards him.

so dont knock it till you try it lol

By: USA Dave

USA Dave — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:26:56 +0000

In the US, if something doesn’t seem right, we stand up and say “NO!”. You all sound like you bough a cheeseburger at Mcdonald’s and they gave you a bun without meat. You sit at the table eating yer BUN betchin’ about how you got ripped. DON’T BUY THE PETS. When Blizz looks at the market and see’s the sales discrepancies, they will lower the price to meet the demands you have. I think that’s how we are different. You simmer in the anger as you BUY the product, we tell them to F OFF with our checkbooks (or lack of opening them). Capitalism rules when you know how to use it.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:46:04 +0000

Cool, thanks will check it out!

By: Stabs

Stabs — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:53:59 +0000

I’ve come back to this at some length and looked again at Brian’s points in a post here:

http://stabbedup.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-some-thoughts-on-game-economics.html

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:03 +0000

It does seem excessive doesn’t it!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:10:45 +0000

I think plenty of people in the UK and Europe will buy the pets because we are just used to high prices. Plus at the end of the day, if Blizzard are making 30% more from sales in Europe, then they can afford to alienate quite a lot of players and still make a profit.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:09:01 +0000

Indeed, and as the GBP is getting stronger now ($1.68 = £1), we should be paying less for US goods i.e. the WoW pets should only cost us £5.3 not £9. To charge us more than our monthly subscription is pretty ridiculous, I think
I think it boils down to how much companies think people will pay and that’s been the problem with the UK. We’ve accepted that stuff costs a lot, especially electronics, clothes and food and drink and we don’t do anything about it. Ultimately the cost of living in the UK is just so high now it’s starting to become quite worrying.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:05:40 +0000

Shouldn’t our buying power increase as the currency becomes stronger? I mean it wasn’t so long ago that it was almost $2 = £1, yet we still got charged abysmal rates.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:04:02 +0000

GBP isn’t very stable at the moment and we’re being killed because it’s so weak against the Euro, for instance. Curious thing though is that as the £ gets stronger, we should be paying less for US goods yet we always seem to pay a lot more…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:02:54 +0000

Odd thing though is that apparently it’s only the Panda which gives money to charity, the other pet doesn’t!