Blizzard is significantly raising prices for most account services in World of Warcraft. We will tell you what you will have to pay soon.
In the past few weeks, fans of Hearthstone have had to deal with a price increase for card packs, and now Blizzard is also following suit with the MMORPG World of Warcraft. While the costs for a subscription are expected to remain stable and the WoW token will not experience a price increase, almost all other services will be charged with a significant markup.
- Name change:
8€10€ - Helmets (in shop):
12€15€ - Character transfer:
20€25€ - Race change:
20€25€ - Mounts:
20€25€ - Premium mounts:
20€25€ - Bundle of house and mount:
26€30€ - Faction change:
25€30€ - Guild transfer:
30€35€ - Guild faction change:
35€40€ - Character transfer & faction change:
45€50€ - Character boost:
50€60€ - Guild transfer & faction change:
55€65€
The price changes will take effect from April 5, 2017.
The community is far from thrilled about these price increases, and especially in the official forum, there are many unfriendly comments directed at Blizzard. People are urging the developers to compare their prices with those of other games (such as Final Fantasy XIV) and then reconsider whether that is really fair and justified.
Cortyn says: I believe that Blizzard is shooting itself in the foot with this. The negative PR that has already arisen from this will be hard to contain. I also find it questionable whether the increased prices will really yield more profits or if this will be offset by more players being put off by the prices.
