Well there's an app for everything...

" j "

Matt Kessler? Did I miss something?

EDIT: And after a bunch of douches ruined the Inscription market on my server by flooding the basic glyphs, I just don't Auction House anymore.
Earned my 10k gold and do not intend to spend it on useless crap, gimmick mounts are useless as I am a Druid and my Flight form is superior...
My paladin has Faction mounts that are specific to his class or fit it perfectly (Argent Charger / Hippogryph) so in the end gold has no use for me but material cost.

It's an awesome idea, but it's one that should be included for the already existing subscription fee.

That is fucked up. On the other hand, Blizzard found a way to keep their loyal customers connected at all times.

" Matt Kessler? Did I miss something? "

but.... why would you pay for something that would take you 2 min to do with your wow client on your pc xD

$3 a month for that is absurd. That comes out to $36 a year which is basically the same as a year of XBL Gold.

No thanks. ill do it in game

WoW Remote Auction House will be the second most-played game on Giant Bomb, mark my words.
 
(Matt Kessler is MattBodega - yes it took me a while to figure out too)

Does it surprise anyone anymore? If the same World of Warcraft fanatics can spend $25 USD on a mount, clearly they'll spend an extra $3 USD a month on an Auction House app.

What benefits does the normal subscription fee come with these days?

I'm interested

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat... 
 
Well, I guess if people pay for it... =\

They talked about this a while ago and it sounded awesome.
 
It's pretty awesome.  If I wasn't just a casual WoW player and I would buy it for sure.
 
I feel like this might mess up the economy now though on some servers.  You are going to have people owning the auction house.  If you have enough gold you can just BUY everything that goes up.  Then re-list it at a higher price so you make money off of it.  Some servers are going to have people that run the AH.

The fact that people will actually pay for this is what surprises me. Blizzard wouldn't make it if they didn't think there was money to be made.

great article :)
 
but i would never pay for this in a million years if i still played WoW

The community has been asking for this forever. 

Wow... I didn't know much about Matt.... when I clicked on that link and scrolled through that seemingly endless list of WoW achievements I felt like Shelley Duvall in Shining when she is flipping through Jack Nicholson's "novel" just to see the same thing written over and over again on each page....
 
I never got that into WoW, and I'm a little scared by all of this.

All I did in WoW was crafting and playing the Auction House game until I quite a few weeks ago. This makes me excited but, I don't know if I want to go back playing WoW right away again.

" @carlthenimrod:  That's like 24 dollars less than XBL Gold...  That means WoW mobile AH is like %60 percent of the cost of XBL.  Aka not close. Unless they lowered the price and I didn't know about it?  I renewed like 2 weeks ago though so I doubt it. "

at least it looks like a quality product

$3-a-month subscription fees? That sounds...bad. A $10-20 flat fee sounds more reasonable. Hell, a $40 flat fee sounds more reasonable.
 
@fwylo said:

" @carlthenimrod:  That's like 24 dollars less than XBL Gold...  That means WoW mobile AH is like %60 percent of the cost of XBL.  Aka not close. Unless they lowered the price and I didn't know about it?  I renewed like 2 weeks ago though so I doubt it. "

so glad i quit wow.  

ever since the activision merger it seems blizzard only sees dollar signs anymore.  
 
the drop in quality from burning crusade to wrath, cataclysm being just a rehash, starcraft 2 coming in multiple parts, and now this?  
 
cant wait for call of duty: modern warcraft.

Getting taken squarely from behind by Blizzard: There's an app for that.

To everyone astonished by people who would pay 3 dollars a month for this: Celestrial Steed. 
 
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28129/Over_140000_Users_Queue_For_WoWs_Virtual_Items.php

I'm so impressed by this.  And by that I mean completely shocked that I didn't see it coming.  I let out an audible "No..." when I saw this was going to have a subscription fee.  
 
So ballsy, so brilliant, so Activision-Blizzard.

Anyone that actually pays a subscription for this should be committed for life.

Nobody is making you buy this. Don't like it, fine then don't subscribe to it.

I'm not going to pretend I don't play WoW... I don't right now - but will be back for cataclysm. 
 
I would never pay for this - I would think about using the free version - but I wouldnt wouldn't pay to do this outside the game. 

there are some players that once they hit 80 they just play the auction house until they're ludicrously, virtually, rich.

Whoever you are who wrote this story, you are crazy.  Still, pretty interesting stuff.  As someone who doesn't own an iPhone nor a WoW subscription (never again), I could care less, but I appreciate the info.

 Who in the world would pay a monthly fee to access non-gameplay portions of a video game? 

Non-gameplay? There are people who spend most of their time "playing" the AH. Just like people who spend all their time buying low and seeling high on eBay, it happens in WoW aswell. I know this sort of thing is what alot of people have wanted for a long time. I wont be paying for this but TBH, its not alot of money. Since the Internet has got popular people seem to think charging extra for convenience is wrong, but i still do for many things.

I wonder if you can sell stuff from your bag without paying the regular WoW sub but only the app sub, that would be some crazy economics/gold farming shit ;D

This is how much Activision Blizzard cares about its fans. Extra 3$ a month.

I don't like or play WoW, but this seems pretty cool. Anyone who has ever gotten addicted to an MMO knows that even when you can't be playing, you are browsing websites and forums about the game, so this will sell very well.
 
I gotta say though, $3 a month is pretty insane. It will still sell insanely because people are addicted, but its highway robbery.

Blizzard is a money making machine. I still won't buy it though.

" @carlthenimrod:  That's like 24 dollars less than XBL Gold...  That means WoW mobile AH is like %60 percent of the cost of XBL.  Aka not close. Unless they lowered the price and I didn't know about it?  I renewed like 2 weeks ago though so I doubt it. "

I would stick my head in a bucket of vipers before I spent 3 bucks a month for this shit. I like WoW just fine (Don't play it but it is a good game) but this is just sad.

There's something wrong with you if you pay money every month to be able to buy and sell virtual items for virtual money.

" To everyone astonished by people who would pay 3 dollars a month for this: Celestrial Steed. 
 
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28129/Over_140000_Users_Queue_For_WoWs_Virtual_Items.php "

3$ a month for auction house or some pizza.... 
 
 
Pizza.

" @daggity1 said:

WHAT.  That's so pathetic, how can gamers be this stupid.  140k people waiting hours and hours to be able to purchase a virtual item, and for 10-20 bucks!  Come on.  "

First I was like, AWESOME, and only 3 bucks!! Was gonna buy it. 
 
But yeah. 3 dollars a month? That's just fucking stupid, what the hell.. No way I'll pay for that, pointless. 
 
Regarding Celestial Steed, that's an ugly ass horse.