Diablo 3 to have real word cash auction house

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:24 pm

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/diablo-3-will-let-you-buy-and-sell-items-for-real-world-cash.ars

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When you create a game that lets people trade items and you make some items both very rare and very valuable, you create the demand for a black market. Blizzard has decided to bring cash transactions into Diablo 3; the company has announced the addition of auction houses to the game. You can buy items for gold in one house, and straight-up cash in another. Each region will have a single marketplace, to make sure no currency or exchange issues rear their heads.

Interesting! No matter where you stand on the whole cash for items debate, as the article indirectly mentions, this was going to happen anyway with a black market. This allows blizzard to regulate it, and get a piece of the pie. Problem not a bad business move on their part, but I'm sure this is going to be controversial move.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:42 pm

Anyone who has looked on e-bay during Diablo 2's hay day knows that there were hundreds, if not thousands of auctions abusing bots to farm items. In-game trade basically came to a halt if you didn't purchase massively farmed runes, as they were the only in-game currency with any worth left after Stone of Jordens became tradable for something better to clear them from the economy. If the online login and official auction house can keep the duping and farmers even remotely at bay, I welcome it.

Also, it will be nice to make a few bucks on that super rare drop that doesn't work at all for your class, and would previously have been dropped on the ground for some random person to pick up or sold to a vendor.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:09 pm

wow, i wonder if you'll be able to make a living farming items.
that would be cool!

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:45 pm

Professional Diablo Item Farmer
hmm not a great job title but it pays

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:02 am

Looks like i just found a job

Veteran Joined: Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 1970

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Hah! I beat you to the punch!

OMG 1 min!!

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:59 pm

Pfft, I linked this on my facebook days ago!

But, yes, I'm excited :3

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:46 pm

Konata wrote:

Anyone who has looked on e-bay during Diablo 2's hay day knows that there were hundreds, if not thousands of auctions abusing bots to farm items. In-game trade basically came to a halt if you didn't purchase massively farmed runes, as they were the only in-game currency with any worth left after Stone of Jordens became tradable for something better to clear them from the economy. If the online login and official auction house can keep the duping and farmers even remotely at bay, I welcome it.

Also, it will be nice to make a few bucks on that super rare drop that doesn't work at all for your class, and would previously have been dropped on the ground for some random person to pick up or sold to a vendor.

I completely agree. This definitely seems to be the smart move. It's going to happen, so you might as well protect the players as best you can and monetize it.

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:46 pm

Tullen wrote:

Konata wrote:

Anyone who has looked on e-bay during Diablo 2's hay day knows that there were hundreds, if not thousands of auctions abusing bots to farm items. In-game trade basically came to a halt if you didn't purchase massively farmed runes, as they were the only in-game currency with any worth left after Stone of Jordens became tradable for something better to clear them from the economy. If the online login and official auction house can keep the duping and farmers even remotely at bay, I welcome it.

Also, it will be nice to make a few bucks on that super rare drop that doesn't work at all for your class, and would previously have been dropped on the ground for some random person to pick up or sold to a vendor.

I completely agree. This definitely seems to be the smart move. It's going to happen, so you might as well protect the players as best you can and monetize it.

i remember the last time i logged in and a dude wanted like zod runes or whatever for some item.
it had been a long time since i had logged in before that, so i didn't know the runes were so farmed and i thought the guy was crazy.

Joined: Apr 21, 2011 Posts: 14 Location: medford oregon

they can legally do it to if any of u played APB aka All Points Bulitin u cude buy items in there AH type thing with real money as well. BTW for ppl that did play APB and know that it was canceled after a short time it is actually back up and under a new company and is free to download and play. and they fixed allot of its problems i wont play it agin becuse i got to lvl 300 and had all the cars and shit + upgrades so im not fucking playing that game agin since they are making me start back a square one but it was a hella fun game. and yes i have it installed agin. Smile

Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 397 Location: Austin, Tx

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/3501281

Joined: Dec 21, 2009 Posts: 339

WHO HAS A BETA KEY
I WILL KNIFE FIGHT YOU FOR IT

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:56 pm

Hanukkahzomb wrote:

WHO HAS A BETA KEY
I WILL KNIFE FIGHT YOU FOR IT

If you got a beta key, I hate you.

God damn it Blizzard, let me into a beta already!

Joined: Dec 21, 2009 Posts: 339

No i don't
i'm sure blizzard has me at the top of the list though they're just being slow about sending them

Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 397 Location: Austin, Tx

Posted a few minutes ago: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3542796

Diablo 3 Beta is now live.