Earlier this week Blizzard released the WoW Token into its World of Warcraft MMORPG, but it seems that less than a week into the token’s existence, it has already lost a quarter of its value. The token was initially valued at 30,000 gold in the game, but it seems that due to overwhelming supply, its value has since dropped to around 22,405 gold, about a quarter less than what it was supposed to be worth.
For those who are unfamiliar with the WoW Token, basically this is Blizzard’s way of allowing gamers to purchase gold within the game legitimately. The token is sold by Blizzard for $20 and can be sold to gamers in the Auction House where its initial price was set at 30,000. However like we said due to overwhelming supply, that value has since dropped.
That being said, 22,000 gold pieces is still a lot but compared to third-party gold websites, gamers are getting less than what they should. However we suppose the upside is that buying the tokens from Blizzard and getting gold in exchange won’t get your account banned. Plus for gamers who have a ton of gold, purchasing game time using gold is a great way to save money.
It will be interesting to see how Blizzard handles this. After all the real-money Auction House feature in Diablo 3 ended in disaster, so here’s hoping Blizzard managed to take something away from that experience.
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