Battle.net Balance has Gone Live
Posted 7 February 2012 by NizarisUpdate: The official announcement has been posted and can be viewed here.
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Diablo 3 release date grows nearer, but we have yet to have any concrete evidence of a coming date. However, we have been seeing a lot of activity as of late.
Battle.net Balance was a pre-requisite for releasing Diablo 3, and as I reported a few days ago, they had updated the TOS and added pages to Battle.net Support. You can discuss it more over with Azzure in our Diablo 3 Markets. This is the next in a rather frequent string of updates that has included 100,000 beta keys, Beta Patch 11, and Beta Patch 12. And don’t forget, we’re awaiting on 100,000 more keys for our foreign friends around the world.
Related Links with Balance Information:
Terms of Use on Europe Battle.net
Battle.net Balance FAQ
Syncing Paypal with Battle.net
Adding Funds to Battle.net Balance
Go ahead and check your battle.net accounts and you’ll see a small green number in the upper right hand corner. Bobby is awaiting your clicks!
This update comes hand-in-hand with the investor call we know will be taking place later this week on Thursday, February 9th.
It seems that, currently, you can load your account with the following options for USD: 10, 20, 50, and 100 dollars.
You may also view your history of adding Bobby Bucks to your Battle.net Account:
There is one other option, of course, and that is “other currencies.” Currently, it seems that your currency is locked to the region you have chosen for your account. Previously, and forgive me because I can’t remember who mentioned it in the forums, somebody had noticed that you can no longer change your location without talking to Support and having them change it for you. This has certain implications with the RMAH and the use of them if you are playing with other regions. You will generally be locked with your RMAH, but you may still play with people in other regions at will.
The message states:
Thanks DoctorWitch for noticing that the Balance had gone live.
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OMG GUYS LETS ALL GET REALY EXCITED WHILE WE SIT AROUND AND STILL WAIT TILL JUNE!
Yeah I don’t really get why this is exciting.
I am excite!
That number will be filled with all the monies that you guys give me for virtual goods.
But I don’t buy virtual goods.
yeah imagine paying 5 bucks for one stupid item that you thought you’d never get, and then 5 minutes into your next gameplay session you get 2 of them lol
hmmm then I would just sell the other for the same amount I bought it for and make my money back. Whats your point? If this was TF2 then I could see some of your point.
Even in TF2 you can at least trade items you buy for another cool/rare item that people usually have to buy, craft, or go without.
lol? you people play TF2?……….man that’s embarrassing, and I thought Maple Story was bad enough
TF2 is still the best online multi player FPS out there, so yeah I play it. I am not embarrassed to say it, nor should anyone feel embarrassed to play any game they enjoy.
Even WoW?
Flux, anything I bought for WoW from the Blizzard store was either for charity or my wife.
So I guess I can append my statement and say that I don’t buy virtual goods unless it’s for charity.
Right, it’s not. If the rune/skill system was finalized, this would be exciting, considering the RMAH is majorly responsible for the delays.
The RMAH is rumored to be responsible for the delays. Jay Wilson, in his own special way, basically said that wasn’t true.
@Risingred, I’m pretty sure the RMAH caused the delay and wasn’t just rumoured. I read somewhere that the “Soon was too soon” Announcement was made the day after Korea contacted Blizz over it’s gambling concerns. I’m sure this wasn’t a coincidence.
It isn’t really exciting by itself. However, it means that we are one step closer to release, because let’s face it, the main point of the Battle.net Balance’s existence is to act as a medium for the Diablo 3 RMAH. I doubt Blizzard would have ever come up with this otherwise, despite the side benefit for those that would rather use this instead of their credit card or whatever…
ok let’s do this…
sign of release!
No release date today, guys.
Ya know I’m glad blizzard are really on top of making sure we have enough ways to give them our money.
Yet, the cruel irony of that truth is, they haven’t released the “way” that matters most. If they wanna make a lot of money, there is a sure-fire method to get that done.
“The amount you load into your account balance is non-refundable and may not be withdrawn.”
Oh **** balls this is awesome just saw the preload go up for a sec not
When you sell something in the RMAH, you can choose to store it there or to send it to your paypal account. So you can still make a few money if you want to.
I think you have adequately expressed your sarcasm
I’m pretty sure this Thursday will be 9th, not 8th February.
JFC, YES! Not..
I’m a believer! Release date soon!
I am a believer too
But aren’t you supposed to trust no one?
And me too!! SIGN OF FUKKING RELEASE!!
not live on eu yet
its live now…
I think my captcha says it all for this one: “what ever”
We are hiped like the people who lived in their times the moon landing. This is insane!
Just make this special game right, please!
I’ve learned enough by now not to assume that this means anything regarding a release date.
I just had a thought. What if forcing hardcore players to play through softcore was a way to give us a taste of the RMAH? Say it ain’t true.
The only way you’ll get a taste of the RMAH is if you actually use the RMAH. You can’t blame Blizzard for your lack of self control.
Why would selling an item for real $ be an issue of self control? Why would i want to stop myself from making $? Oh, i guess you meant buying items on the RMAH. I meant selling in my op, didn’t make that clear.
You and everyone else excited about the RMAH all want to make money selling items. Do you see the problem in your logic?
The supply / demand problem your referring to doesn’t actually exist.
You only looking at a small % of hardcore gamers (100% people who are following a game still in development and are commenting on it fall into this category), who probably have issues with paying real money for in game items (I know I fall into this category), these people will be the sellers.
However, Blizzard is about making this game accessible. Not everyone has the hours to invest in obtaining the best items the traditional way. For these people, the cost of paying real money is outweighed by the benefit of being able to enjoy the game at a higher level. These people will be the buyers.
I don’t see excess supply being, or low demand, being a problem. If there are more sellers then buyers, it will just drive prices down until some sort of equilibrium price level (which is obviously impossible to determine at this point) is reached.
Actually, Battle.net Taiwan already has this feature for a while now. I always thought it was wierd it took them so long to implement in North America. In Taiwan, they sell Battle.net point cards you can recharge your account with. You can use those Battle.net points to subscribe WoW, and pay for various character services.
Yeah well… NA doesn’t really roll that way. Until now I guess…