b0dge said:
WoW = Worth ouch Wallet.....
I have said this before in the past and I will say it again.
I find that with MMORPGs, with the monthly subscription rate, I find myself SAVING MONEY.
We all know that single player games are getting shorter and shorter these days. Like compair the Orginal Half Life (Finished first time around in 20 hours) with Half Life 2 (Finished first time around in 12 hours). With having a work and social life, I can normally finish a game in about 2 week. And this is a game that has cost US$50.
So come again in another 2 week, I am going to be down at EB Games ready to fork out another US$50 on another game.
And the problem is this, a lot of the games are just getting shorter.
* FPS seem to be getting extremely short. Like I remember finishing Pray in about 8 hours.
* RPG are getting more and more linier. Eg. There is a set path.
* RTS are getting much shorter in favor to for Mutli Player aspect.
Therefore I am spending about US$100 per month on games.
Now, lets look at world of warcraft or any other MMORPG, however we will use WoW as the example.
$19.99 for the base game that will give you the first month free.
$39.99 for the expansion pack.
And then after that, you are only spending $14.95 per month for a subscription with unlimited play, ever expanding posibilities and new content.
Therefore, MMORPGs are cheaper to play than stand alone games.
Please note that I am writing this pretending that I know nothing about people Bit Torrenting and Borrowing Games from friends.
