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Bobby Frankenberger

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The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And I was like, Oh, I wonder what that's about. We're, you know, it's, is it the, is it the anniversary? Is it, you know, what's going on? Is it bad? Is it good? Is it, what are we doing over there? And it turns out, uh, from all accounts, this was a all hands on meeting just about where we're about ready to pull the trigger on the $90 amount.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And I was like, Oh, I wonder what that's about. We're, you know, it's, is it the, is it the anniversary? Is it, you know, what's going on? Is it bad? Is it good? Is it, what are we doing over there? And it turns out, uh, from all accounts, this was a all hands on meeting just about where we're about ready to pull the trigger on the $90 amount.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And so everyone needs to be ready with this messaging, this thing to say this stuff to do. I don't know the details at all, but that's what that was about. And, uh, I think I get it now, given the turmoil of the last two days.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And so everyone needs to be ready with this messaging, this thing to say this stuff to do. I don't know the details at all, but that's what that was about. And, uh, I think I get it now, given the turmoil of the last two days.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

I guarantee that. In fact, okay. One other little note about that. I said this on core. I'll say it again. So if you've heard me say this, I apologize hearing it twice listeners, but, uh, When I was at Blizzard a couple of months ago, it was an awesome little trip. Had a great time over there. We did that interview. Got to hang out with Randy. It was great.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

I guarantee that. In fact, okay. One other little note about that. I said this on core. I'll say it again. So if you've heard me say this, I apologize hearing it twice listeners, but, uh, When I was at Blizzard a couple of months ago, it was an awesome little trip. Had a great time over there. We did that interview. Got to hang out with Randy. It was great.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

One of the things we did was tour most of the campus. Not every corner, but a bunch of it. And there were parts of that campus I didn't even know existed. And in one place, they had these offices that looked kind of nonchalant, but they had these interesting titles on the door. And I cannot remember the exact titles. But essentially, these were offices full...

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

One of the things we did was tour most of the campus. Not every corner, but a bunch of it. And there were parts of that campus I didn't even know existed. And in one place, they had these offices that looked kind of nonchalant, but they had these interesting titles on the door. And I cannot remember the exact titles. But essentially, these were offices full...

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

of PhD statisticians, mathematicians, people whose job it is to take a ton of data and make predictions about outcomes, this sort of thing, right? I have no doubt in my mind that all of this went through them at some point, and they crunched the numbers and said, A, there'll be blowback, and we think it'll be about this much.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

of PhD statisticians, mathematicians, people whose job it is to take a ton of data and make predictions about outcomes, this sort of thing, right? I have no doubt in my mind that all of this went through them at some point, and they crunched the numbers and said, A, there'll be blowback, and we think it'll be about this much.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

B, we think we're going to make a ton of money, and it'll be about this much. And we think this many will buy, this many won't. It'll probably stay in the news cycle this long. I think they had all of that... That is all – that's why they're there. They exist at that company for this reason. Right. And they do it with everything across the board.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

B, we think we're going to make a ton of money, and it'll be about this much. And we think this many will buy, this many won't. It'll probably stay in the news cycle this long. I think they had all of that... That is all – that's why they're there. They exist at that company for this reason. Right. And they do it with everything across the board.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

It's not just, wow, but, you know, well, this expansion, we're launching for Diablo at this exact time. Is this the best time to do it or not? Well, what are the factors? Like, I think that's the thing they think about all the time now, and they have really smart people helping make those decisions.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

It's not just, wow, but, you know, well, this expansion, we're launching for Diablo at this exact time. Is this the best time to do it or not? Well, what are the factors? Like, I think that's the thing they think about all the time now, and they have really smart people helping make those decisions.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

I am – so I guess what I'm saying is I am with you 100 and an additional 10% because there's no way they didn't know. Right. A, that there would be a bit blowback and B, that these would sell like crazy. Some are estimating at this stage two, three days in. And again, some of these sources may not have all the details.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

I am – so I guess what I'm saying is I am with you 100 and an additional 10% because there's no way they didn't know. Right. A, that there would be a bit blowback and B, that these would sell like crazy. Some are estimating at this stage two, three days in. And again, some of these sources may not have all the details.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And I don't even know if this includes the machinations of selling tokens and gold, moving it around and all this stuff that you can do to get one of these things. But these $90 amounts have made them somewhere in the $50 million range in a couple of days only, which if that book is correct about Titan costing 80 million and then being canned,

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

And I don't even know if this includes the machinations of selling tokens and gold, moving it around and all this stuff that you can do to get one of these things. But these $90 amounts have made them somewhere in the $50 million range in a couple of days only, which if that book is correct about Titan costing 80 million and then being canned,

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

They've almost made Titan money back, although they already did it with Overwatch money. But the point is, like, that's a lot of cash. And I know that they know this. And all you have to do is go hang around Dornigal for a while. Loads of people have this thing.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The Instance 670: Dino-Sour?

They've almost made Titan money back, although they already did it with Overwatch money. But the point is, like, that's a lot of cash. And I know that they know this. And all you have to do is go hang around Dornigal for a while. Loads of people have this thing.