I'm confused. How does this have anything to do with "milking" their customers for money? It's a completely optional way for players to sell gear they don't need anymore. Everything in the game is lootable by playing it. No power or items will be sold by Blizzard themselves. Blizzard is simply providing a means for people to sell items for IG cash. Something that's ALREADY going to happen, no matter if this existed or didn't. With this addition, however, Blizzard can now provide a safe way (don't have to worry about buying something and never getting it) for purchasing items, if you desire to do so, and allow them to make a little profit. Sounds like a win/win for something that's already going to happen in the game if this existed or not.

There is no reason to buy anything for real life money in D3 in order to play the game.

On another note, if this upsets you so much you can play Hardcore mode. They stated they won't allow people to buy stuff in this game mode because if you die, you lose everything, and they don't want people to drop money on something then lose it.

 

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Thericia already said what I was going to. Since I don't have even the slightest interest in playing D3 "competitively", or even with strangers, this has minimal effect on me. However, I cannot say I am a fan of the development of microtransactions. It seems companies simply cannot resist the big fat revenue carrot of selling items with in-game effects once the time comes that they start feeling a revenue pinch. The number of companies who have either gone back on their previous word to implement it, or were going to only to face a player revolt that managed to change their minds, is growing quickly.

So it's awfully hard to trust Blizzard when they say they have no plans to implement selling things themselves. While they've done an admirable job of avoiding it in WoW so far, history of other companies suggests they will fold sooner or later and go back on this.

 

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man...this has bobbies finger prints all over.

I hate to see games selling out like this. Granted we know these types of transactions do happen, but using that to make some $$$$.

How long until they start to SELL items or "starter packs"/epics via the same auction house system....

Probably the worst thing about this "feature", however, is the fact it is behind the internet requirement to even start D3.

Yeah, you must have an active internet connection to play D3, even single player.

 

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Already VERY tired of this trend. It needs to go.

 

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Well I know what my kids are doing for summer vacation...

what if, just saying, blizzard is planning on using the money they make off of this AH thingie to fund development for more D3 content?

It still has no impact on me using it, but what if, it's part of the game 'design' to have it make it's own money for future content patches and/or expansions?

 

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I think it's Genius, and will have no effect on anyone who actually just plays the game and stops worrying about everyone else.

 

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I hate micro transactions. Hopefully Skyrim is good I guess.

 

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so, a lot of you aren't going to play diablo 3, due to a micro-transaction, that is completely optional, and has 0 bearing on your enjoyment of the game?

So you are going to 'hate' on it, just because of this optional for cash auction house?

Do you also boycott football for showing tampon commercials during the game?

 

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