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Paul Sams, the chief operating officer at Blizzard Entertainment recently spoke on behalf the company, stating World of Warcraft isn't likely to ever be free. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, it seems.
Have you been considering free-to-play for World of Warcraft, and if you did, what would the Blizzard way of free-to-play look like?
PS: I dont envision us changing the business model for World of Warcraft. Its been working really well in each of the markets.
The game has been designed in such a way to where we determined the business model to wrap that around what the game experience was. Given that were not looking to significantly modify the overall gameplay experience, which is I think is something youd need in order to do item-based stuff, what that says to me is the business models going to remain the same for WoW, and then as new products come about for Blizzard, well look at what the business model is thats right for each of those games.
If we make a game thats right for an item-based game, then we would do that if its the right business model. But really, the game drives what the business model is. And WoW has been built in such a way where I dont think that would be the way wed go.
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- Sams: No Free WoW (kotaku.com)





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I wonder if the new Diablio will be free?
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