argument for it: it replaces 90 levels worth of content, it's a premium.
against it: don't wanna fucking buy it.
argument for it: it replaces 90 levels worth of content, it's a premium.
against it: don't wanna fucking buy it.
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Time is money. -Ben Franklin
Disclaimer - if you don't currently control your own yearly income this post does not apply to you. If you are too young to even work, again this post does not apply to you. that being said...
For the folks in the US lets make this about cost vs minimum wage. ($7.25 per hour)
Now at the current minimum wage after the tax man gets his 34% cut
$7.25 * 12.5 = $90.625 * 0.66 = $59.81
I chose minimum wage just to try to give perspective that even at lower class income levels it is still feasible that 12.5 hours of work is less time consuming than the 1-90 time sink. I for one can't boost to 90 in 12.5 hours or less.
The choice of spending the money to save time is completely dependent on the persons current budget and living situation. I would wager that out of the millions of adults with full time income can see the value of this service even at the current leaked cost
World of WarCraft, the game you pay $60 to buy and then $60 more to skip playing it.
I just made another thread about it, but I'm so disappointed in Blizzard. Not because of selling a 90 boost for $60, but because they know the leveling system is shitty design in this day and age and instead of introducing the level scaling technology they were all about a few months ago, they elected to go with a paid level 90 boost. Fucking absolutely retarded and pathetic. The more and more I see the worse and worse I feel about what this company has become.
What content are you skipping exactly? I've leveled a metric fuckton of toons and I don't want to level through MoP ever again. That's why it pisses me off.
This price is to turn you away from buying it. The choice is there for the people who have demanded it for years but it is set at a price so that everyone will not just skip all the content.
Aye mate
We live in an era of "me versus them", an era where something is done that you don't like means you are personally attacked. People whine too much.
Let us play video games and be happy.
I don't think it's true because there's a finite demand for insta-90s and Blizzard can get $60 from the people willing to pay that much and then turn around and have a sale to get most everyone else. It all has to do with the elasticity of demand, and I have little doubt that Activision-Blizzard employs or consults with business economists who help them figure out their pricing. They don't arrive at these numbers by drawing them out of a hat.
Hokay, math time.
Last I looked it takes me maybe 4 days played to level a character 1-90. I can't say that 100%, but it seems about right. Even so, let's make it 5 days played.
5 days played = 120 hours.
US minimum wage is $7.25 (correct me if I'm wrong, not from the US). In 120 hours, you would thus earn $870 before tax. Again, I don't 100% know the tax in America, but let's say it's 20%. So that's $696.
And I see this as a good option for people working full time. If you're not working, do the work yourself and level, it doesn't take long.
So, let's sum this up. You can go work for ~10 hours and get a 90. Or you can play for 120 hours and get a 90.
TL;DR: If anything $60 is cheap. Stop whining.
Selling pets, mounts, cosmetic gear, and now selling power leveling...
I won't even be surprised if one day Blizzard starts to sell gold or gear.
What won't they sell for real money at this point?
The business is all about money.
We live in an era of "me versus them", an era where something is done that you don't like means you are personally attacked. People whine too much.
Let us play video games and be happy.
The it is too expensive like all blizz services.
60$ is a price of new game that just came out.
I was thinking of buying few lvls since i just cannot do leveling, i just can't. But 60 bucks it is too big, the whole WoD cost that much, and you have access to all zones etc.
It has nothing to do if i am reach or poor. It is simply value vs money.
I haven't used any of blizz services because they are too high. End of topic.
I respect your argument although free time is not worth the same as working time. If there was an infinite supply of work and people could simply choose to work or play WoW that would make sense, but in reality there are a lot of Americans who would love to work more but struggle to find jobs.
Also, I don't know of many people making minimum wage who get a full 34% taken out of their checks. In most places, minimum wage earners end up owing no income tax, but they do lose 7.65% to FICA.
"If" my work paid overtime and not stupid comp, I would have to work 3 hours to buy one OR I could spend what, 30-40 hours leveling. It's not overpriced