You're overlooking one very imporant thing about t...

2010-02-26T14:49:35.468-06:00

You're overlooking one very imporant thing about the Allods situation. The outrage didn't crescendo until it was revealed that a patch was coming to make it virtually impossible to play effectively without buying some very expensive things.

And the producers did not promise to change the prices. They said they'd be looking into the pricing. That's an important distinction.

I think lots of the outrage happened because a large portion of the audience for Allods comes from westerners who are accustomed to WoW's business model. Other cash shop games that do not appeal to WoW players charge similarly high prices. But they haven't been exposed to similar outrage because their audiences are accustomed to the cash shop business model.

DDO is a great example of a cash shop game that gets it right for a WoW-oriented western audience. The business model rescued a ho hum, fading game. And Turbine didn't create much outrage.

Guild Wars also has a shop where you can buy extra storage space and skill and pet unlocks. Yet the game is still very playable without making any such purchases.

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