News from Blizzcon if you are a WoW subscriber for more then 12 months you get DIablo 3 for free, pretty off the hook news.

Guess I'll be paying for it.

Huh, that is quite amazing.

I wonder if this applies to people who have played WoW for more than 12 months in the past, but have since stopped. Probably not...

Cool for Wowers. Does it mean only for current subs or for anybody who had paid for 12 months over the years? Not that I fall into either category.

@Prodstep said:

News from Blizzcon if you are a WoW subscriber for more then 12 months you get DIablo 3 for free, pretty off the hook news.

Your post is a little misleading. If you opt to BUY the NEW 12 month annual subscription to WoW, you will get Diablo 3 for free. I'm guessing that this will not be retroactive regarding players who have been subscribed for more than 12 months as that would be ridiculous.

I was under the impression that if you have an 'Annual Subscription' you get it. So paying for 12 months at once. Could be wrong though.

Edit: I don' got beat.

trying to see how much the cost of the annual is, but the Learn More button on my battle.net account isn't working, or doesn't go anywhere.

@isnipeyoudie said:

I wonder if this applies to people who have played WoW for more than 12 months in the past, but have since stopped. Probably not...

that you even ask that BAFFLES me.

"Wow guys you really seem to like this crack, how about we give you the first hit of this heroin for free, sound good?" - Blizzard.

@Rhaknar said:

@isnipeyoudie said:

I wonder if this applies to people who have played WoW for more than 12 months in the past, but have since stopped. Probably not...

that you even ask that BAFFLES me.

It was more wishful thinking than anything else.

Gateway drug. Blizzard knows some drugonomics.

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Great if you're still into playing WoW.. but considering the other MMO's coming out next year, it's pretty obvious why they're doing this.

I still don't expect anything to "dethrone" WoW, but they've got some big competition coming.

The actual information hasn't been posted in this thread so here it is.

You have to have been an active WoW subscriber before October 18th

You have to commit to paying for WoW for another year

You can keep paying your subscription the way you want (1,3,6 months) but you can't cancel for a year

There is no 12 month payment option

Pretty amazing deal for people who were planning on playing WoW anyway.

Oh blizzard. You make my life so difficult.

This is a damn fine deal if you already subscribe to WoW. You basically agree you won't cancel your subscription for 12 months. They give you:

Diablo III

A mount

Beta access to the next expansion.

Bah, gots to get me a Collectors Edition. Maybe if I purchase 5 years worth of gametime?

On another note, I'm expecting people to start paying their WoW subscription with money they make from the real money auction house thing in Diablo III. This effectively prevents people from cashing out while there's little money in circulation. Very clever!

@Prodstep said:

News from Blizzcon if you are a WoW subscriber for more then 12 months you get DIablo 3 for free, pretty off the hook news.

Phrased weird, it's if you buy a 12 month subscription, not necessarily the same thing.

@Neferon said:

Bah, gots to get me a Collectors Edition. Maybe if I purchase 5 years worth of gametime?

On another note, I'm expecting people to start paying their WoW subscription with money they make from the real money auction house thing in Diablo III. This effectively prevents people from cashing out while there's little money in circulation. Very clever!

Yeah I'll probably buy it anyway even though I'll get a free copy, heh.

Buying the Diablo III collector's edition when you have the WoW Annual whatever gives you an extra 4 months of gametime. Somewhat less than a $100 value.

This ain't free. Especially since people won't be playing much WoW while engrossed in D3. Clever plan by Bliz tho. Now they won't lose subs to D3, and will have some guarenteed purchases for MOP since it is likely coming out within the next year

The question is: What's the price of this WoW Annual thing? $50? $100? $144?

If they're super competitive and make it 10-20 more then base Diablo is anyway, I might consider it. They probably won't though.

I'm surprised they've got the "Must be subscribed on Oct. 18" requirement. It heads off the possibility of resubs. I guess that makes it seem more like a rewards for WoW diehards, though.

@Akrid: It's a commitment to play for 12 months, you don't pay it all up front. You can use any plan you want, whether it's paying month to month ($15/month or $180 over the course of a year) or paying 6 months at a time (about $150 over the course of the year). You're just agreeing to the 12 year contract, not paying it upfront.

Think of it like a cellphone plan, WoW is your cell phone plan and D3 is the free phone you get.

@YoungFrey: Sorta makes sense, since the free product you are getting is Diablo 3 ($60) and 4 months of Wow time is $60. They're just reimbursing you the value of what you'd normally get, since you will already have the game.