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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by CityOfAngels
I was thinking about buying WOW recently until I saw the price to use their servers: $15/mo, or $180/year! That's rediculous! Yes, they have server/bandwidth costs and need to charge for service, but given the large amount of people who pay to play, that number seems preposterous. When I buy a good game, I'll play it on and off for at least a year. Take San Andreas for example: Even after I beat it, I played it until the XBOX version came out, which I then bought and still play to this day. I sold the PS2 version for $40, so essentially I paid a total of $60 for a game I play on and off for a long period of time.
Given how WOW is probably a great game, too, I'd probably play it just as much as I play San Andreas. So, if it were an offline game, the most I'd expect to pay to play it is $60 TOTAL. The most I ever pay to play anything online is $5/month. So that's $60/year. That would be a total of $120 for the first year, and $60 for every year afterwards. Along with subcription costs, just to buy WOW it will cost you $50. So to me, Blizzard is overcharging an extra $95 initially (because the game comes with a month of 'free' play), and then an extra $120 for every year afterwards!
Sorry guys, but you won't see me on the WOW servers anytime soon.
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I agree.. I'm cheap when it comes to playing games, in fact, $60 for a game is a way for me to for sure not buy it. I only buy games from the bargain bin my price point is $10-$20.
I also normally only play single player games. I don't play many online games, played Diablo II with the wife and another friend which is what made this game attractive. I don't like the price so much either, but in order to play with my best friend and wife all at the same time, nowhere on the planet can make that happen this cheaply. I think I play with a total of 6 IRL friends on the WoW.
Mind you too.. I'm paying DOUBLE since it's both me and the wife.
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