"DIABLO III"

[sheldor]

I just started inferno - killed in just a few minutes.  GEESH!

[sheldor]

The real money auction house started today.   People are selling stuff hundreds.  I think this will deter new players because the good stuff will cost real money.  Hope blizzard will step in a put some limits on this.

[Rico]

If people are silly enough to buy "virtual" items that cost a lot of money, I say let them.

[sheldor]

The problem is that items will not be available for game gold.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

The problem is that items will not be available for game gold.

Kind of the point of the auction house....to extract as much $$$$ as they can out of their customers. This is why I run away from things such as this. And Blizzard has no reason whatsoever to put controls on prices. Supply & Demand will put prices at their "correct" levels eventually, see the same thing in Eve Online a lot.

King

[Jobydrone]

As soon as I can't get what I need to progress by killing rare mobs in game, I'll either quit playing or roll a different class and start over.  I just finished Act 1 on Nighmare and my gear is totally fine.  I imagine I might need to get stuff from the auction house (unless I'm very lucky with drops) by the time I start Inferno, but by that point I'll probably be done with my current character.  I'd honestly rather take a match to my money and watch it burn than use it to buy an item in a game. 

[sheldor]

The problem is that items will not be available for game gold.

Kind of the point of the auction house....to extract as much $$$$ as they can out of their customers. This is why I run away from things such as this. And Blizzard has no reason whatsoever to put controls on prices. Supply & Demand will put prices at their "correct" levels eventually, see the same thing in Eve Online a lot.

King

Do they still charge a fee - just real money - for listing?  That should help because as you start losing REAL money, I would think the selling would diminish.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

The problem is that items will not be available for game gold.

Kind of the point of the auction house....to extract as much $$$$ as they can out of their customers. This is why I run away from things such as this. And Blizzard has no reason whatsoever to put controls on prices. Supply & Demand will put prices at their "correct" levels eventually, see the same thing in Eve Online a lot.

King

Do they still charge a fee - just real money - for listing?  That should help because as you start losing REAL money, I would think the selling would diminish.

Dipped if I know. I would assume there would be a fee (same as Eve Online, same as World of Warcraft and other Auction Houses) to keep it from getting too insane. Only makes sense as you said.

King

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The problem is that items will not be available for game gold.

Kind of the point of the auction house....to extract as much $$$$ as they can out of their customers. This is why I run away from things such as this. And Blizzard has no reason whatsoever to put controls on prices. Supply & Demand will put prices at their "correct" levels eventually, see the same thing in Eve Online a lot.

King

Do they still charge a fee - just real money - for listing?  That should help because as you start losing REAL money, I would think the selling would diminish.

Dipped if I know. I would assume there would be a fee (same as Eve Online, same as World of Warcraft and other Auction Houses) to keep it from getting too insane. Only makes sense as you said.

King

From what I remember, Blizzard gets a percentage of the sale price. Which I think is a great idea.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

I've been fairly harsh on Diablo 3, but I suppose if there is one potential upside to the DRM and such, its that the game will likely see a lot of support for the near future, which you don't see too often from AAA developed games. (Usually just a publish and done deal). I'll be interested to see if Blizzard adds additional content as time passes...its possible anyway.

King

[Jobydrone]

While they haven't announced anything I would be flabbergasted if there weren't expansions coming within the next year or two.  The PvP update will be happening sometime soon I guess, although that doesn't interest me personally.  The main issue is that there's no subscription fees so no real motivation for Actiblizzard to keep things fresh by releasing free updates with new content the way they have to with WoW.  They've got my money and won't be getting more until the first xpac comes out, which will likely contain a couple new acts and maybe a couple new character classes if they follow the Diablo 2 model.  My guess would be Paladin, Priest, and/or Druid type which aren't represented right now.  Personally I'd like to see some kind of Shapechanger like the WoW Worgen or possibly some kind of non-humanoid character type.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

The auction house might encourage it. But we'll see....it's too early to tell. And I was referring to the possibility of free content. Though I guess that might be unlikely, it'll probably be expansions as that's more blizzard's style.

King

[Jobydrone]

That's true, they are taking a dollar from each successful sale and then 15% of every transaction that goes from the "Blizzard" account to the "Paypal" account, so if the real money AH is a success it will mean a nice chunk of change, hence they'll want to keep as many players as possible hooked to up the percentage of people who make real money transactions.

[sheldor]

Well, i'm trying to sell some rare items for real money - a few bucks.  There is a $1 fee for each item.   See how it goes.  If they sell, I can use those funds to buy items.

[Rico]

Well, i'm trying to sell some rare items for real money - a few bucks.  There is a $1 fee for each item.   See how it goes.  If they sell, I can use those funds to buy items.

Let us know how it works out.