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"Ryoko" <ryoko@e-garfield.com> wrote in message
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> "Steven Ung" <127.0.0.1@gtekmy.po.my> wrote in message
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> > "Simond" <simond@.boredofspamnow.apocalypsecow.demon.co.uk> wrote in
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> > >
> > > "Steven Ung" <127.0.0.1@gtekmy.po.my> wrote in message
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> > > > "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
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > > 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.
>
> Well, you should ask this question to the 400 thousand EQ subscribers
> who have no only bought the original EQ, but have also paid for the 6
> (or 7?) expansion packs that followed. Not to mention that the
> subscription fee has been increased from US8 to US12 recently.

400K isn't that much as compared to 8 million copies sold for StarCraft
(last I recall) :)

However, since it had so many releases, revenue wise, it may surpasses what
Starcraft had made. With that, the game may improve further with new
releases, patches etc.

> Blizzard is not publishing WoW for those who don't want to pay a
> monthly fee. They are doing it for those who will and the market
> proved that there ARE people who are willing to pay. If you don't want
> to pay, don't play. The end of the story.

True. Since I won't be paying, I won't be playing. :-)

> Can't believe that people are still arguing over this. Not as if
> MMORPG was born yesterday.

We're not arguing, just trying to know whether anyone would be willing to
pay.

>>From the facts gathered, there are mixed reactions. Some are willing to pay,
whilst some thinks that its a rip-off. Its just an opinion.
-- 
Steven Ung, ICQ# : 65203722, BattleNet Nick : SuperNuubie