355
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Buttflapper@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

I thought this was a joke but it seems like it's actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

That thing is still earnable every so often in game if you catch it on the black market

[-] Mora@pawb.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Lol, that is not realistic for most players. The original 5 million gold was not realistic back then either.

[-] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah it's always been a status symbol. Nowadays it isn't even that useful because they put auction houses in the expansion cities anyway, so it's basically just a status symbol for people who spend WAY too much time on the auction house. This mount isn't even half as P2W as people would have you believe.

this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
355 points (97.3% liked)

Games

32257 readers
1194 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS