Activision Blizzard monetizes Battle.net

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Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Beev
Yeah, I agree with newb, you guys are seriously bitching about this? Bnet uses a ton of bandwidth (I assume). I never understood how it was free to begin with, and if they want to put ads in so it stays free then so be it. Not like I actually care about or look at ads anyway.

I really don't think Bnet uses a ton of bandwidth. Its essential a chat room that links players to game rooms, not exactly bandwidth intensive.

Second, Blizzard claims 11 million subscribers to WoW. If every user is paying on a month to month plan, that comes to 165 million per month, more than enough to finance any damn thing Blizzard wants.
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your figure is wrong. The majority of WoW subscribers are not American, and they pay significantly less than 15/month. more like 5/month. so blizzard is not making 165million/month. However they do make a ton of money over a year, was something around 500million in profit for last year, just from WoW.

I dont have a problem with adds on battle.net i will just ignore them and im not going to begrudge them for trying to make money.

Also you cannot blame the developers for destroying gaming. Blame the people who buy the games and make them popular and like them. Consumers decide where the market goes and considering how popular WoW is, it's what people want.