07-26-2007, 07:34 PM
Pande Wrote:its retarted to have to pay for a game on a monthly basis. paying for a copy in the store is only normal. look at all the games Blizzard Entertainment makes... warcraft 1, warcraft 2, warcraft 3 (plus the expansions for each one), starcraft, starcraft broodwars, diablo 1, diablo 2, diablo 2 lord of destruction and so on... not one of these games were pay to play and Blizzard made LOADS of money. there were always patches coming and people there to help you with technical problems. Companies make enough money when their games are bought off the shelf, they shouldn't be charging us more money just because the company executives want more then 1 ferrari in their driveway.
did those othergames require blizzard to have to pay for masses of servers, in two different parts of the world? did they require GM staffing? i think not.
blizzard could probably pay the bills charging less but then they wouldnt be able to get out patches as often or do as much work, same applies for any mmo.
and finally, an extra ferrari on the driveway is ALWAYS a good reason to charge more. if you make something which millions enjoy you are truly talented and deserve to live a good life, hell, everyone deserves to live a good life.