World of Warcraft gets a new Chinese partner

Oh man, what a big blow they dealt to The9. I wonder if it's because of EA owning 15% of it (and that almost all devs, publishers and the like are trying to avoid EA like it's a suicide bomber). Heh, anyway, I can't stop to grin a little seeing that EA and it's loyal dog(s) got a good blow under the belt (even if it's insignificant in the end). A drop of 30% is humongous for anybody, and I'm sure The9 is probably on the floor now.

actualy sammoth most gold farmers are in china

actually sammoth most gold farmers are in china

@chas You ever go into the net cafes there? There are so many playing wow and other games it's insane. I lived there for over a year and I knew far too many people that would spend 2+ days playing wow. Gaming in China is alittle different, but still the same as it is here in the U.S. Right now I am living in Ireland and finding out how much it hurts to buy things in the Euro.....

CHINA WILL PROSPER!

So does that mean there going to sell gold in China now ? Oh ! I get it it's to create american jobs for us now we will have American Gold Farmers on a server in China.

never known anyone from China in WOW that isn't a gold farmer...

NetEase is now the publisher it can what a publisher normally does.

what does this mean? I dont get how anything is going to change, did I miss something?

i dont play wow, but i am an american gamer and i am working and living in china atm. i found the gaming community interesting but different in china. i know i am a minority reader here, but i am curious about chinese gaming news.

@Nerkcon What do you expect. IGN is larger than Gamespot. Remeber it also has a corporate company IGN Entertainment which includes Direct2Drive, Gamespy, FIlePlanet and more.

@Shimo1989 While that is true they should not intentionally limit to how much news they put out a day. Although I don't know the business of making money off websites like Gamespot; If they post too much news a day does it lower ad profits or something?

@Nerkon: While I agree that Gamespot is biased toward WoW, I don't find it to be a bad thing. In fact, given the immense popularity of the game, why should a gaming site such as Gamespot not focus its attention toward a game that has so many customers? I think there'd be far more people interested in WoW news than about any other MMO. @crunchb3rry: Please think before you submit a comment. The internet really doesn't need another stereotypical sinophobe commenting on everything with the word "China" in it.

Wow, that reply of mine was longer and more messy than I thought, where is what I mean in a nutshell: 1. Gamespot is lazy, has only about 6 updates a day on news while IGN has 6 updates per platfrom a day/ 2. IGN also talks about the less successful MMOs from failures like Age of Conan, to even free MMOs like Runes of Magic. 3. None of us play on Chinese servers or have any gaming interests in China.

Gamespot is biased to World of Warcraft. several big MMO news has hit recently; Warhammer first expansion announced, Age of Conan's overhaul patch... well nothing more from MMOs that anyone cares to think about lol. And gamespot only talks about free MMOs only when it's related to someone popular doing it like EA. IGN actually posts MMO news... that isn't only related to WoW :shock: And inculse free MMO news. Inclusion IGN MMO news > Gamespot's MMO news. I know a lot of people here play WoW but how many of you play WoW on Chinese servers or even care about China at all? yeah, exactly. :|

Wah-waaaaah...

@crunchb3rry what do you want? Chinese leather made in America?

@"crunchb3rry Posted Apr 16, 2009 2:59 pm PT Great, more work sent China's way. I just bought a leather jacket. Brand is "American Leather"...tag says "Made in China." Typical." Did you even read the article??? This is about WOW in China, where it's being hosted by one Chinese company and now it's going to be hosted by a different Chinese company. No Americans will lose their job from this. Americans, that is Activision Blizzard, actually make more money from this. It seems likely that NetEase paid more to host WOW than the9 did.

Great, more work sent China's way. I just bought a leather jacket. Brand is "American Leather"...tag says "Made in China." Typical.

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lol indeed

"When I read the title, I was thinking the new partner is Chinese Ministry of Agriculture." LOL

When I read the title, I was thinking the new partner is Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.

Lol, I didn't read his comment but I think he deleted it. Anyways, I don't really know what to say about this, but grats on the new company I guess lol.

Thank you klugenbeel for saying what everyone with any brain cells are thinking

I wonder if people even have an intelligent thought before they post something stupid like "Does anyone care?" or "Why should I care?". Here is a thought, if you don't care, why did you further waste your and my time posting such a dumb post? People like WoW, and some don't. People who don't like WoW, who cares? Not like any of us care about your ignorant opinion.

EVERYONE thought of goldfarmers as soon as they saw the title. Even those who don't play.

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It's not like these news were intended JUST for you, Mardike. Skip the damn attitude.

gold-farming sweatshops >.>

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