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Article #88819Re: WoW Pay to Play
From: iprimus
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:52
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:52
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"hayman" <holmankevin@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3f45be16$0$246$4d4ebb8e@news.nl.uu.net... > > Its just insane to think someone would make a -free- MMORPG.. > > > > Ok, yeah you did buy the disk, thats a one time cash thing for bliz. What > > happends 2-3 years down the road when nobody really buys it, server costs > > are through the roof? It becomes a drain, you wont see a free MMORPG that > > has any scrap of quality anytime soon. > > > not every product they make will be a succes, I think blizz. realizes > that... > but ppl will, like steven said, find ways around the payment. > cause ppl dont expect to pay for something they allready bought unless there > is no other way.(except julie D'aubigny, if it meets up with her > expectations) > > $10 a Month is what I call a lot, if you allready payed $40 to $60 for the > game. > so either make the game-cd free(to get a lot of paying ppl playing the game) > or the fee so low that ppl wont think about pirating the site. > neither will ever happen, cause they will never even think about any thing > else than the cash they think they are going to make. > bussines is bussines. > Not really. I've seen MMORPG that had the disk either free or about HKD 10 (about USD 2).
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