World of Warcraft

[Quark]

Tell me that ($14.95 * 11) + $50 [$214.35] is worth playing ONE game for ONE year. 200 bucks is, to put it bluntly, a #$%&load of money to pay for a game.

Well, let's see ... $214.35 dollars ... 365 days. Approximating I'm getting less than $.66 per day. So, if you drink one less can of coke a day, you can afford this game (and be healthier).

Of course, you don't want to hear that. Nor do you want to hear that people who complain about monthly fees really have no right to go to a movie theater. Why? In my neighborhood (and many others) the new price to watch a movie is $10.50. That's for approximately 2 hours of entertainment. Let's streach that out to the most Blizzard's game will cost ... $60 bucks. That's then for 12 hours at the movie theaters. Of course, this is only considering that your paying for yourself, and you getting no drinks or snacks. So in the first month of playing WoW (which is the most expensive month!) it would take more than 12 hours to make it more valuable, money-wise, than going to a movie theater. I can get that in 2,3 days.

So for 10% of the possible playing time, I've already made paying for WoW a more viable option than paying to watch a movie. And it becomes loaded after the first month ... you've already bought the game, so now it's $10 for 2 hours vs. $10 for 30 days.

Nevermind that no one's forcing you to pay those monthly fees. Like that game, but not that much? Only play it in the first month. Still not convinced, but want to go back? Do it in segments, going back for one month whenever you feel like it. Being a little smarter with your playing time (if you can't play it for 4 months straight, alternate months with different games instead) will save you alot.


People are always complaining about game prices, monthly fees or not. But the straight simple fact is that, if you enjoy and play the game, it's much more worth it than many other forms of entertainment.