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| 19:55.47 | TheDanW | close enough |
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| 20:31.26 | znf | Chipzz, well, you know, renting that big convention center for 2 days is not exactly cheap |
| 20:31.57 | Kalroth | so is it exactly expensive? |
| 20:32.41 | znf | and the logistic around it, too :P |
| 20:32.55 | znf | besides, any *-con is pay-to-attend, right? |
| 20:32.59 | znf | comic-con and other stuff you americans do |
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| 20:35.29 | znf | I'm more annoyed by the fact they increased the price of the virtual ticket and we arguably got LESS for it than the years before |
| 20:35.42 | znf | ie: no murloc pet, I mean, how can you NOT have a murloc pet for blizzcon? |
| 20:36.03 | znf | also, a far more worse technical experience this year, with the stream constantly having the audio out-of-sync |
| 20:36.41 | znf | I had to watch the opening ceremony on youtube because the livestream was unwatchable |
| 20:36.46 | znf | (all due to the crappy DRM) |
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| 21:30.35 | Chipzz | znf: sure, but there's a word for that, called "expenses". Marketting budget etc. Other companies can do such things without charging their customers |
| 21:33.02 | znf | what other company does it at this scale? |
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| 21:48.41 | Simca_ | no other gaming company puts on a convention of this scale. none i know do it for free either, regardless of scale. |
| 21:49.48 | Alram | minecon had 15k ish i think |
| 21:49.53 | Alram | so 2008 blizzcon numbers |
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| 22:04.14 | znf | blizzcon 2018 had, what? 40k? |
| 22:05.30 | Alram | yeah i think so |
| 22:06.04 | znf | so that, what? $8mil from ticket sales? |
| 22:06.44 | Alram | and VT and stuff |
| 22:06.49 | znf | ah yes |
| 22:06.53 | Alram | I'm sure they're making a profit of BlizzCon but that seems fair |
| 22:07.02 | Alram | The first few probably didn't exactly do them good |
| 22:07.19 | znf | I'd guess that the expenses are at least half of that |
| 22:07.32 | znf | tough sponsors help |
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| 22:23.20 | Thunder_Child | I'm not sure about that. The last I heard they were losing money on them. Note, that was two ticket price hikes ago. |