$25 Armored Bloodwing mount now available in WOW

25$ single vanity item in a game with 15$ monthly subscription fee and 60$ price tag for every expansion.

And people criticize f2p business model microtransactions for often milking their customers, LoL.

Hey if you have the money and you love the game go for it. This is no crazier then still having to pay a charge per month to play. Just imagine how much folks have spent over the years playing a game.

it should be more like $2.50 not $25 that is over half the price of the game...

WHY THE **** IS THIS AN ARTICLE?

It looks shit anyway. For $25 I would want it to shoot rockets outta its asshole, instead it just lets everyone else know your one of those retards that has to buy mount instead of achieve them... not that I play anymore or anything.

This is the state of the gaming industry. I hope you idiots who keep buying this crap are happy.

Aren't the only people still playing this game like 12 years old. Where the hell are they going to get $25?

I played WoW until I got my first flying mount, that's when I realized flying mounts were the only thing I really liked about the game...

If gamers are willing to pay $25 for a mount then why should Blizzard which is a business you know and is about making money. If nobody would pay the price these things would be way cheaper.I bet you if they charged $50 for it people would still buy it.Every time they release new mounts like this I see a ton of them in game so it is a smart business move imo.

lul 25 dollars

Also (Though not directly related to this particular article) the whole "Pet"-thingie, isn't kinda like a rip-off of Pokémon and similar? Especially when Blizzard tried/tries to make it look like its something unique and new?

Anyone remember the ancient times when Microsoft was bashed for people having to pay to play online (XBox Live) in addition to buying the games?

Do people even question such things anymore?

Btw, i think so called "micro-transactions" should be illegal, but if its about paying 25$ (Which is obviously not a M-Trans.) for the right to loan/use (I mean, its not like you really own anything) a friggin' worthless(?) mount and you actually fall for it, it's your own effing fault...

Also, like other people have stated: Why does this have it's own fucking article? Do you get ad revenue from Blizzard or what?

I support more micro transactions in games, but $25 for that ? You must be smoking crack.

I don't have a problem with this really, Blizz can sell mounts all they want, I don't give a shit. If people buy them, I question their judgement, but I have no problem with Blizzard offering them.

But does this really deserve it's own article? Come on.

Lol, cash shop in a p2p game. GG blizz

pure exploitation

What a mess the industry is in.

This is silly.

don`t play WOW and don`t care..........

How the f**k is that worth $25?

You know what's great?

MMOs that aren't WoW.

Who says the US is a bad market for MMO? Look at this awesome purchasing power!

Releasing these extraordinarily expensive vanity items is very smart. If you can make them feel common enough, the $15 or so monthly subscription fee suddenly becomes that much more digestable. With F2P/microtransactions on the rise, sub fee is traditional MMORPG's sore thumb. What better way to capitalize on that AND use it to shore up support for subscription?

I feel that sub-based MMO + cash shop + who knows what else in the future is on its way to become the Aston Martin of gaming. The single game lifetime spending by a moderately dedicated player is nearly unthinkable by the average gamers not in the genre. I am really looking forward to where this road ends.

lol poke fun at consoles all you want...but PC games still rip you off too.

Why does this "news" deserve an entire Gamespot article ???

half the people bitching here dont even play WoW, and even if you do you dont have to buy the mount.