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Article #88808Re: WoW Pay to Play
From: Steven Ung
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 07:56
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"hayman" <holmankevin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3f4c65d7$0$273$4d4ebb8e@news.nl.uu.net... > > > 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. > > 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. > > > > Can't believe that people are still arguing over this. Not as if > > MMORPG was born yesterday. > > ppl need to complain about things, or complain about the complaining, its > natural... > like suggested in matrix ppl can't life in a perfect society, I think thats > more correct than we want it to be. satisfaction only last as long as we > don't have other wishes. Yeah, something like that. People are never contempted. That's why them animals categorized us as "humans" :p > back to the subject however, I will buy the game and play, and if it doesn't > match or surpass my expectations I will stop playing. > the trailer looked good, so I hope the rest of the game is also. I think its a matter of preference on what type of games one like to play. Some like RPG/RTS etc, whilst some don't. I'm one of them that falls into the "I don't like the MMORPG" category, I'd say. -- Steven Ung, ICQ# : 65203722, BattleNet Nick : SuperNuubie
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