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

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I’ve known about the gold tokens system, it has made sense as a way to invalidate black market gold sellers, equalizing WoW gold against the US Dollar. Still don’t quite understand why the token would now sell for 170k though…? Unless you didn’t mean to use the dollar symbol.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

They probably meant 170k gold in-game

Also what they haven't said is that the price is set by players of the game,. When someone buys a WoW token and exchanges it for gold, that's because a player has paid them with gold they earned for the token. These tokens can be then used to pay for your monthly subscription.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You are correct. Token value is decided by players on the auction house, not Blizzard, though I'm sure someone will argue that they are capable of manipulating the AH and therefore they are driving it up

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They are capable of it, but I don't really see why they would. Making the tokens cost more gold would mean less people willing to buy them on the AH and therefore less people selling tokens. I think the prices have just exploded because of the mount releasing. As someone else mentioned on here, I believe Blizzard just sets a minimum price for tokens.

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