gmaverick019 said:
Marowit said:
Amalith said:
I like MMOs, I really do, but I refuse to pay an extra $15 a month on top of the game's cost to play the damn thing. I kinda like the idea of lifetime subscriptions, but I'm not paying $300 for a game, ever. Thus I do not play MMOs.
Oh, and don't give me that "it pays for the servers and added content" shit. I get it, they have an excuse to charge for it, that doesn't make it worth the money.
It's interesting. I play a MMO, because it saves me sooooooooo much money. Seriously. Over the last 5 years I've played WoW I've paid for 3 xpacs ($150.00), and $15.00/month (~$900.00) so $1050 total for 5 years of gaming.
If I bought only 5 console games a year (which is a pretty conservative) over 5 years I'd spend $1,500.00...I'd be willing to bet most people easily buy double that number of console/pc games simply because their not perpetual/evolving with updates (Just in WoTLK we've received 4 ---8 if you include hard modes--- raids, Ulduar through Ruby Sanctum).
Now, I'm not saying the sub fee isn't a valid argument I just know MMOs save me money when I look at the total picture.
the only problem is that your playing the same freaking game. me personally, and obviously alot of people on here, thats just not enough, if i wanna play the same game that much and have that many quests, i can easily play oblivion/fallout 3/morrowind, so why would i pay for 2/3 the price of normal gaming for one game when i can enjoy an abbundance of games like i love to do. so the price for it still sucks dick to me and alot of other people.
if that game had JUST dlc, and not stupid subscription fees, you'd have pocketed probably an extra 850 dollars or so by now, which is utter crap and i dont want to have to pay for that, for stupid little updates that most companies give out for free or they are so small they hardly make any difference.
Ah see, I like the social component that MMOs provide. I've played the Bethesda games, and every time I played them it just felt so isolating which made me lose interest after the first play through. Having the different story-threads weaved through the various zones, many of which I have still yet to level through, keeps the game pretty varied and feeling new-ish the three-times I've leveled through the content.
As for updates, obviously the addition of full-raids and 5-man dungeon content being considered 'stupid little updates' is your personal opinion. But, I've found I spend more time with them than the first two DLC's for Fallout 3. Again though, that may be the social component.
As I've said before, when it comes down to dollars and cents WoW is just cheaper for me, even though it has the $15.00 subscription - I just get more bang for my buck.
