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Diablo III Dropping RMT in Korea?

A post on the Korea Times indicates Diablo III is now cleared for sale in South Korea, seemingly at the expense of the real-money auction house that was holding up the game's approval. A spokesperson for the ratings board says: "The feature involving for-cash trades between users was not included in the presentation to the rating committee, and therefore it was not subjected to any scrutiny." They also add that the game could once again come under scrutiny if cash transactions were enabled by a post-release patch. Thanks PC Gamer.

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15. Re: Diablo III Dropping RMT in Korea? Jan 14, 2012, 19:20 Doombringer
 
Paketep wrote on Jan 14, 2012, 16:25:
nin wrote on Jan 14, 2012, 15:17:

Interesting that they would buckle there but not elsewhere. I'd love to have been a fly on the way during D3s development and controversial decisions being made. Surely not everyone there is fond of the direction the final produce appears to have taken.

If they aren't, they certainly disguise it really well.

If I worked at Blizz, seeing what they've been doing with SC2 and now D3, I'd have left long ago. They're pissing all over their history.

What's really amazing is the amount of people that will defend them whatever they do. Fanboyism is sad.

Amen to that. This isn't the Blizzard of the 90's, folks. They're big on monetization now. I suppose we should be thankful they've kept it *relatively* low-key to this point... where they could have gone heavier on the cash shop in WoW while still keeping the sub cost.

But hey, give Kotick time. It's now more about making Great Business and less about making Great Games.
 
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