[From World of War]
PCGamer Says No to Gold Ads
Finally, a print publication has taken a stand against gold advertising according to a statement in the February issue of PCGamer. Aubrey sent along this quote.
“After months of behind-the-scene talks with our sales department, I’m extremely proud to announce that starting with last month’s issue, PCGamer will no longer accept ads or ad dollars from Gold Farmers. Screw them. As a company we have agreed to turn down what literally amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual ad revenue so that you, as a reader, can game easy knowing that we’ve got your back.”
As the statement from PCGamer says, it is a huge revenue loss and it’s something we have also had to deal with, there’s a lot of money involved in the secondary market. Now if we can only get Blizzard to stop promoting sites advertising gold farming and the secondary market we may actually get somewhere. Thanks to Aubrey for sending this over.
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