Quote:I must say that I am sincerely looking forward to meeting some of you in the virtual world of WoW. But to all of you who refuse to give it a chance, due to the vehemence of your preconceptions ⦠I must say that I am sincerely looking forward to *not* seeing you there, too.
A monthly fee is not a preconceived notion. It sounds like a fact to me.
Simply put, I don't pay for what I can get for free. When I do pay for a computer gaming experience I prefer to pay once. I spent $30 for DII and another $30 for LOD, and it gained me thousands of hours of entertainment. If I had to pay $10 per month for battle.net I wouldn't have played it online. If the game had been structure such that you must play it online, then I would not have bought it. I would rather invite a friend over to my house and play a LAN based game, or some head to head action game on my console, or play a single player game alone, or go see a good movie. Lots of options for entertainment which don't involve P2P.
That is me. But you might like to pay to play, that is your deal. In fact, I would rather devote my talents to creating a free MMORPG and drive all the P2P environments under. But, again, that is just me. From my experience with the gaming world, nothing mucks up a great (or potentially great) game like corporate greed.
Edit: Speaking of corporate greed reminds me of Micro$oft's acquisition. I was keeping track on the unrest within the Asherons Call community about 6 months back. Haven't heard much about that MMORPG lately. Anyone still play it?
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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