I think the cost of WoW has been fairly reasonable over the last 20 years. The subscription has stayed the same price of $15 per month the whole time, and if you know you are going to play WoW for the whole year, it is just $13 per month with an annual sub. The only thing that has gone up in price is the expansions which have gone from $40 to $50.

I think another point that you are missing is that WoW players often spend most of their game time playing WoW, which means they spend less on buying other games.

I bought the PS4 Pro as well, because it didn’t feel like a bad value. It felt like a mid gen refresh where we got some extra power for no extra cost. Sony thinks players care about the extra performance for another $200, which is ridiculous. Up until this generation, consoles got cheaper over time as they become cheaper to produce. This is the first generation (that I remember) where the cost has stayed the same/gone up.

I fully agree that at $500, this would be a no-brainer for those wanting the extra power. A $350 base console would be a good pairing.

I think it will be common enough that they can easily access an auction house when they need it in the world. They may also introduce another one in the future, but at a higher price.

The thing is, they won’t be able to sell a Mount like this again in the future. This is kind of a “break glass” type of situation.

It’s going to sell like crazy. It’s not just that it’s a Mount, but it also has an auction house and mailbox that you can use anywhere at any time. The only other mount that has the AH is no longer attainable regularly, only on rare occasions for gold cap.

I am going to get it, but I’m going to use my gold in game to convert to bnet balance.

Those chocolate peanut butter cups are crack. I’m sad that people at my location have realized that, because they are sold out a third of the time.

Could always install Bazzite on it, which would fix the UI issues and bring it on par with the Steam Deck.

SquareEnix agrees

Fuck Nintendo. I refuse to buy any of their games anymore. If its something I want to play, I will pirate instead.

Sony needs to stop with these live service games. Nobody is interested in a new one. Everyone who wants to play one, already has their game chosen and do not move from it.

Battlemage should have already been released. There is a decent chance we will see new GPUs from the other two in the next 6 months, which will eat into their shares more.

I don’t understand how Apple is getting away with charging other app stores. At most they could charge for hosting the either app store’s app on their store, but that should be it. They have no other costs that they can justify since they aren’t hosting, vetting, or curating the other store.

Have they fixed the performance issues with the game? I can’t imagine this game could run well on the previous consoles without them.

History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.

The Nvidia Shield is already the rival for the Apple TV.

That will rely on businesses moving away from Windows. That is where they make a ton of their money with Enterprise licenses and Office 365 subscriptions.