Comments on: South Korean law may be behind Real ID change on Blizzard Forums

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:16:58 +0000

@Og-: There won't be real names on the forums any more. There was an official posting.

By: Og-

Og- — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:36:26 +0000

I can only see negetive stuffs about this real ID, and of course it’s all about the money, Blizzard have already shown us that.

I sure wont do anything that reveals my name and aftername on the forums because I can promise the gold sellers will take advantage of this too. Getting spammed on my e-mail is enough, ty!

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:38:57 +0000

@Gray, Germany: That is so true. It's always about money. I didn't think of the advertising part before but Blizzard does obviously stand to gain from this in one way or another.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:53:37 +0000

Makes sense to me, I was under the impression that they had their own forums anyway? Though maybe it’s all under one umbrella system?

By: Gray, Germany

Gray, Germany — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:23:31 +0000

That’s nonsense. If Hulu.com, and other online businesses, are able to differentiate between users in different countries, Blizzard can easily do the same. So, there’s no need to make global changes just because of a new law in Korea!

No, the real reason is that improved profiling of the players, including their friends, contacts, preferrences, purchases, and even online and real world activities would lead to Blizzard being able to raise the rates for the advertisment businesses. Marketing companies love those facebook profiles and would like to see this everywhere in order to get a better focus on their target groups. And they would pay more for such detailed infos. Don’t fall for spin, this is all about money, as usual, and nothing else!

By: Kaal

Kaal — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:18:38 +0000

If this was the reason, then it would be easy for blizzard to setup a South Korean forum and enforce the rule there. Why create ill-will all around the world for conforming to just 1 country ?

By: FormerWoWplayer

FormerWoWplayer — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:29 +0000

I think the suggestion might have some to do with the changes, but ultimately Activision wants to tap social network and viral advertising. It’s just sad that we are paying $15 a month, and all they can think of is ways to make more money off our personal information. I’d rather pay a few extra $’s per month than have Warcraft player data pimped out to facebook.