Pretty smart move on Blizz's part but I'll pass. Took me several tries to finally break the WoW addiction and I'll never go back. Good deal for those that still enjoy WoW though.

Not only do you get Diablo 3 for free but you also get a special mount and guaranteed access to the Mists of Pandaria beta. If you're a WoW player, sounds like an amazing deal.

they got me..
hook.
Line.
SINKER!!!!

Not even once.

I would totally bite if I played WoW. That's a killer deal.

They might be running low on capital, there's really no reason otherwise for them to do this, it's that good of a deal. So, they do this to raise some money quickly from all the WoW players

I think this is incredibly smart on Blizzards part. 1) If you play WoW, you probably were going to get D3 anyway. 2) If you are going to pay for WoW anyway, might as well do it all at once if you are able to.

Now I am not sure on the numbers for active users in WoW anymore, but it has to be 10 Million already. so even if 1% of the people on WoW participate in this, thats 100,000 players on D3 first day. Which is incredible. And then those people starting up the auction house... I cannot see anything that Blizzard is doing wrong with this.

With one move they're, getting good PR, shoring up their WoW subscriber memberships, and getting a head start on people that will use the real money auction house in Diablo. That's a pretty good move.

@tristrix

I know, its a vicious cycle. I've literally seen divorces spur from this game. Its kinda ridiculous how far some people take it.

Here's one to those saying that Diablo 3 isn't catered to the WoW crowd.

But how much per month does it cost? I can't find it anywhere...

Nice. I wonder how much an annual pass is. It is around £9 a month in the uk, so £108? Not taking into account a discount to make it more attractive?

How does one become addicted to WoW? Boring Point-and-Click game is boring.

@Elmilenarismohallegado

"Do you think Actiblizzard is doing this as desperate movement to get some cash and run?"

Actually, yes.

They've lost a lot more players then they're actually telling us they did since Cataclysm's been released. Theres nothing truly in their way still except the specter of what could be SWTOR, but they're still frightened by what they're seeing. So what does it sound like they did?

Made a place and a race they said they've never put into the game.

Make the race that will be, from what my sources tell me, a playable Neutral, that both sides will have access too.

Make a new class that they said would be near impossible due to balancing the game (because they learned hard lessons from adding Deathknights that they didnt want to repeat), and even if they did make the class, it wouldn't come along for YEARS, let alone along side a new race.

Then offered up their next big game, a game thats been haunting fans for years now, for free with a big 12 month subscription -a subscription that gets payed up front and locks you into the guilt trip of getting the most of the money you put into it, because even if you decide to stop playing, the account will be open till those 12 months are up.

All of this is to recapture a lot of the people who left with flashy things they always wanted, while making the players currently playing make a grab at staying locked into the game with other flashy things they would have paid for any way.

So yeah, its a cash grab.

disappointing this is all happening with me no longer wanting to play wow. Why couldnt blizzard have done this when I was interested in Wow still

So basically, Subtracting the Diablo 3 (which we're all buying anyway) this basically means you get a year of WoW for 95 bucks, or $7.99 a month, I dont think I could have kept paying for WoW at 15/month but for half that, I might just do this.

I signed up. Seems totally worth it.

@boomingechoes this expansion has been being developed since before cata launched, so the panderan choice wouldnt have come about due to cataclysm losses.

Also the subscription is not paid up front, you can pay it monthly if you want, you are just committing to pay for the next 12 months

Also, wow has pokemon now!

This... tempts me. I haven't played WoW in several months. But the new expansion makes me want to go back. And then this... I'm very tempted.

@Klay
Sure, if you have no intention of actually *playing* wow and are only getting it for free D3. That is just friggin retarded, and besides that's not what they want. Here's where you need at least a kindergarten level proficiency in reading comprehension: if you look at the actual description of the offer rather than just looking at the numbers and herp derping all over it, you'd see that this only applies to accounts that are in good standing and have been active before October 18th of this year - this is intended as an incentive for people already playing the game. You cannot participate if you're just making a brand new account for it.