It only makes sense if you consider the Real Money Auction House a complete necessity.

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Neither does a Real Money Auction House where weapons and other powerful items can be bought for in-game gold or real money.

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The fees of the Real Money Auction House are straightforward.

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But this is one more issue to add to the already troubled Diablo 3 launch, and the real money auction house raises the stakes on any of these types of hacks.

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It seems that the combination of digital payments, always-online play and the temptations to fraudulent practices created by the heavily-trailed (and much-delayed) Real Money Auction House, in which players can buy and sell items for cash with Blizzard taking a transaction fee, is causing trouble.

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With the Auction House feature of Diablo III now live, Donovan said Blizzard can make a big statement if they can keep a big user-base and run the real-money auction house.

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Preventing cheating was critical with the real-money auction house.

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As we mentioned in our original announcement, our goal has always been to ensure everyone has the smoothest experience possible when the real-money auction house launches, and we need a bit more time to iron out the existing general stability and gameplay issues before that feature goes live.

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