MMO industry efforts to rebuild Japan continue, as free-to-play titan Perfect World Entertainment is lending its considerable weight to the cause. The firm is donating 50% of the proceeds from special cash shop items to the ongoing Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief drive.
Players of PWE's games can pick up a little something extra for their characters while simultaneously making a donation to the Red Cross. The promotion runs through April 13th and features a variety of items in games including Battle of the Immortals (bag expansions), Ether Saga Online (ancestral crystals), Forsaken World (star of hope), Jade Dynasty (meditation orbs), and Perfect World International (super inventory stone).
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Mar 31st 2011 11:01AM Germaximus said
I love perfect world man.
Posted: Mar 31st 2011 11:36AM Krayzjoel said
Im glad that MMO's are stepping up to help with disasters. Way to go Perfect World! :D
Posted: Mar 31st 2011 12:12PM Dumac said
50%
disaster profiteering ftw
disaster profiteering ftw
Posted: Mar 31st 2011 12:23PM kobeathris said
@Dumac
Yeah... 50% on the whole shop, I could understand, but just on one selected item from each game? Seems more marketing than anything else.
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Yeah... 50% on the whole shop, I could understand, but just on one selected item from each game? Seems more marketing than anything else.
Posted: Mar 31st 2011 2:24PM PaterFrog said
@kobeathris Obviously. Why should they not make it a marketing strategy? It doesn't change the fact, that money flows to the needy and with any luck the store gets a much higher purchase rate for a few days, which gives the team more resources to improve their games. That makes more happy costumers again. Quite valid and commendable, at least compared to nothing.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2011 3:28PM dudes said
Good luck to them. Western f2p and p2p MMO's should do this stuff too.
Posted: Apr 1st 2011 9:23AM GhostPhantasm said
This will fail, nobody actually buys most of those items...








