MMOs:Like em' or not?

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Emphasis mine.  You really watch all of those movies as much as you can to justify the same time I could get out of one month of an MMORPG subscription?  I can't watch a movie more than, say, twice in a single month.  I can certainly play WoW more than that :).  I choose to do both.
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I work 60 hours a week. I have over two hundred games I can play on my LAN. Do you really think I'm concerned about some game somebody wants to charge me to play online? Really?

When you have a DVD collection 200 movies large, you have a much greater selection of mindless crap to watch than a 20 dvd collection. Therefore, you're more likely to watch movies more often, as most good movies can be watched many many times over the course of a couple years without getting old, if there's a good mix in there.

Also, in your conjecture, you're limiting the time to one month. What I'm saying is that I'm going to maintain that DVD for at least ten years, probably closer to 50. You will gain benefit from that one month of your MMORPG for exactly one month, no longer. My benefit is much MUCH higher in the long run.

By the same note, I could get dishes for my house each month. A year's worth of $12 a month ($144 total) could definately improve my dish collection, especially for oven cooking and silverware, and I'd DEFINATELY use those more than you play your games.

Don't bother trying to convince me that paying to play online is worth it. I still play Fallout 2, which is only single player. Last time I picked it up I spent $10. That copy has lasted me 3 years. I can buy games that will last me a long long time and cost very little. You buy games that cost you a lot to start, and will last no time at all, without a monthly fee.

I have a computer that will run the most beautiful games in the world, with 4 GB of RAM, with a 512MB CGI Editors card, with two 10,000 RPM SATA HDDs, with an AUDIGY 4 PRO sound card, with a set of Logitech Z-5500 speakers. I've made the investment up front. It's a clear and concise INSULT to ask me to keep paying every month for something that I will play, among all my other games, maybe an hour a month.

MMORPGs also have too much of the graphics detail being passed over the web. I've never seen an MMO with even close to the graphical detail or quality as your single player/lan/free online games, like UT 2K4, Doom3, HL2, etc.

Try to convice me to pay per month to play your games.