WoW should be free - Blue Tracker

#0 - May 13, 2010, 9:14 p.m.

Ive played this game on a couple of different accounts over the past 5 years and have payed out soo much money to blizzard and i have never gotten any kind of rewards or free months or anything blizzard is starting to be greedy and should at least drop the price to a reasonable amount id say like 5 bucks a month i mean the game is almost 7 years old and they are still charging the same price they always have they have made enough money to keep the game running for 2 lifetimes if u agree with this feel free to reply and hopefully blizzard will open their greedy eyes and see people are loosing interest over the price if this doesnt stop i am personally not buying any more of their products again personal opinion from a 5 year player -canceled my subscription and so has my girlfriend

Zarhym

#119 - May 13, 2010, 9:44 p.m.

A game of this size and scope requires a sustainable income in order to finance the maintenance and upkeep of all of our realms, maintain a very large staff of employees to support the game, develop the tools necessary to support our players and keep things running smoothly, and afford all of the work that goes into evolving and improving upon the game with each patch.

A subscription model is ideal for MMORPGs due to the fact that the scale at which they're run requires a lot of work and investment. Yes, the game has been out over five years now, but that doesn't mean we no longer need money to afford the substantial, ongoing operation and development costs. It seems that such logistics were not fully considered in the argument made within the original post. The amount of money it costs just to keep the realms running and pay all of the staff working directly on World of Warcraft each day is probably a number you wouldn't imagine.

Your continued support in the form of playing World of Warcraft ultimately helps to secure the longevity of our company. It allows us to find and retain some of the best talent in the gaming industry and continue to develop fun, engaging content for the future, which we hope you'll enjoy as well. :)

Zarhym

#228 - May 13, 2010, 10:23 p.m.

Q u o t e:
if you didnt read my first post i have cancelled and im not paying anything you fail and need to learn to read

Alright, well after reading all of your posts, it doesn't seem like you have much reason to post on the forums anymore either.