Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

According to CTOnews.com news on December 5, a few days ago, NetEase and Blizzard jointly announced that they would discontinue the service of many famous Blizzard games on Chinese mainland, including World of Warcraft, hearthstone Legend, etc., on January 24, 2023.

World of Warcraft cards have stopped recharging, and prices in the secondary market are rising, and the original price of 360 yuan now costs 500 yuan, the Beijing Youth Daily reported. In contrast, at present, on the World of Warcraft trading platform, the price of virtual gold coins in the game continues to decline, and players are selling gold coins and other equipment on the second-hand platform at the lowest price in three years.

CTOnews.com learned that NetEase's team once said that starting from 0: 00 on January 24, 2023, for online game virtual currencies that players have recharged but not consumed in the game, and game time (if any) that players have paid for and have not yet expired, refunds will be arranged after Blizzard game products stop operation. For more information, please follow and bind the "Blizzard Game Service Center" official account. As for the physical card, NetEase Blizzard game customer service team once said: "the physical point card suggests you can contact the dealer, we have reached an agreement with the dealer, will be unified refund to the dealer, by the dealer for follow-up refund processing."

Some lawyers said that the Civil Code stipulates that if the law has provisions on the protection of data and network virtual property, such provisions shall prevail. However, so far, there is no law to clearly define the scope of virtual property. Therefore, it is not clear whether the game account or game equipment belongs to virtual property through legislation. In practice, online game companies usually agree through user agreements that players only have the right to use the game account or game equipment without ownership.

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