Comments on: Blizzard Earns $1M for Charity, Keeps Remainder http://www.pixelsocks.com/2010/02/17/blizzard-earns-1m-for-charity-keeps-remainder/ Where games go to find out what they're worth Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:34:57 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alan De Smet http://www.pixelsocks.com/2010/02/17/blizzard-earns-1m-for-charity-keeps-remainder/comment-page-1/#comment-6619 Alan De Smet Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:11:47 +0000 http://www.pixelsocks.com/2010/02/17/blizzard-earns-1m-for-charity-keeps-remainder/#comment-6619 $10? If it costs more than a cup of coffee, I don't think you get to call it a "microtransaction." Hell, by that standard I regularly engage in microtransactions with Amazon when I buy cheap books. Also, for a piece of digital content that maybe cost a few thousand dollars to create and pennies to distribute, Blizzard is gouging. This is bullshit charity of the highest order. $10? If it costs more than a cup of coffee, I don’t think you get to call it a “microtransaction.” Hell, by that standard I regularly engage in microtransactions with Amazon when I buy cheap books.

Also, for a piece of digital content that maybe cost a few thousand dollars to create and pennies to distribute, Blizzard is gouging. This is bullshit charity of the highest order.

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