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Article #88803

Re: WoW Pay to Play

#88803
From: Steven Ung
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:20
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"Simond" <simond@.boredofspamnow.apocalypsecow.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Steven Ung" <127.0.0.1@gtekmy.po.my> wrote in message
> news:biecom$8ffts$1@ID-121643.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > "Gismo" <stivnisse@[XXXX]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:3f4a6721$0$97192$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk...
> > >
> > > "Bizoune Bizoune" <No__SPAM____tremorchrist@hotmail.com____No___SPAM>
> > skrev
> > > i en meddelelse news:gur2b.8700$qA3.740639@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > > >
> > > > > Gismo will pay
> > > > > (but it will be hard for him to find opponents)     :)
> > > >
> > > > Are you nutzz??  this game will be a success!!!
> > >
> > > Lots of ppl will pay .. just see how many there are paying for UO,
Daoc,
> > Ao
> > > and all the other mmorpg games
> >
> > Okay now, compare those figures with the number of players playing
> StarCraft
> > / WarCraft on Blizzard servers. What do you see?
> >
> > An Ant hill vs the sky difference, innit? :P
>
> X million people playing BNet times no monthly payment = Zero income
> (X/10) million people playing WoW times $10/month = X million dollars
income
> a month.

> Get it yet? =)

Of course, that was the point of charging people. Blizzard is not a charity
organization, you know ;-)

The main point here is that will you pay to play online even though you had
bought the game.

-- 
Steven Ung, ICQ# : 65203722, BattleNet Nick : SuperNuubie
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Subject: Re: WoW Pay to Play
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