Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft received the new Tokens system yesterday which allowed players to purchase game time either through gold (earned in-game) or with real world money at $20. The Tokens were to be sold through the Auction House at a starting price of 30,000 Gold and would fluctuate depending on demand.

A day later, the Tokens have already depreciated quite severely in value. After starting at 30,000 Gold, it’s now possible to pick up Tokens for 22,502 Gold. This is according to WoW Token Info which is keeping track of the rates for Tokens at a constant pace. It’s possible that players purchased the Tokens for real world money and then sold them off rapidly to amass a strong supply of Gold. This caused an influx in Tokens, reducing the overall value for one at the same time.

Expect the market to react accordingly though and players to purchase Tokens in anticipation for the rates to go up again. Stay tuned for more information on the same over the coming weeks.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that WoW Tokens for its insanely popular MMORPG World of Warcraft will be available from today onwards. A brief maintenance period will be conducted after which they will go live at 10 AM PT.

Tokens are WoW’s way of allowing players to earn subscription time in-game. You can buy ten in a 30 day period and prices for the same will fluctuate at the auction house according to demand (with the starting price at 30,000 gold). Players can also purchase Tokens for $20 and see them in-game to obtain gold.

Tokens will only be available in North America, Australia, Latin America and New Zealand from today onwards. Other territories will have to wait for more information in the coming weeks. Time will tell how Tokens will pan out for Blizzard’s in-game economy but at the very least, it provides a way for players to earn game time while playing the game. Thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.