This time I’m talking about what’s going to happen to prices for accounts. Sure they’re great now, but what happens when you try to buy wow accounts close to release date? Or after it? Actually, this is less paranoia and more economic fact.

What I’m referring to is the simple concept of supply and demand. You see, right now both of these factors are fairly well balanced. With no releases since Ruby Sanctum there is no real pressure to buy an account or two since you feel like you have plenty of time before Cataclysm hits shelves. But let us think about what will happen once the release date is announced. Then people will start thinking, “Boy, do I really have time to get everything I need and all of my toons leveled before then?” People will start getting a little antsy about that and the fragile balance between supply and demand will be lost. Demand will increase while supply stays the same.

(Okay, theoretically supply stays the same. There is the chance that some sites have a huge backstock of accounts that they can pull out at a moments notice, but there’s no guarantee that they’ll let us know that.)

There is also the possibility that supply will start to dry up. When that happens the balance will be further upset and the results will not be pretty. Prices will start to climb as more and more sluggards find themselves falling behind.

Then comes release day itself, and it will only get worse.

See, this little expansion includes a couple of fun surprises. Well, not really surprises since they announced it a long time ago, but it’s going to make the whole idea of buying an account kind of different for a while. What it will include is two new races all geared up and ready to go. That means there will not only be a run on the accounts just before and shortly after the release, but for some time after the release as well. That will be the result of accounts including the new races becoming available.

All in all it should make things rather interesting around there.

So like I said, you may just want to buy an account now if you’re going to. Otherwise you may not get a good chance.

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