[QUOTE=Depression Moon;2619813][quote=Avarice-ness;2619706]
Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Omecle View Post

Here's the thing, Blizzard doesn't make you play. We all choose to play, we all choose to hand over our debit and credit cards to buy months and months of gameplay.
Is that Blizzards fault? Nope, that's our own. If we want to play a free game, there are -PLENTY- of them to be played, but no, we want to play a game that is worth our money and our time, so we choose to play WoW.

It's like buying a Dell computer then looking at profit that Dell makes, no one's going to go "Omg I just paid 2000$ for this computer FOR MY OWN ENTERTAINMENT and Dell makes over blah blah blah a month! I'm going to stop paying my bill!"
Everyone knows we're over charged for electricity but we pay the bill anyways, why? Because we like to have electricity, no matter what the cost (as long as it's affordable) we'll pay for it.

Same goes for WoW, 15$ isn't the much, and the extra features.. well I've played for 2 and a half years and never used them. If you don't have the money to play WoW then you probably don't have the time too, because you're going to need to be working.

A Dvd at wal-mart can cost just as much or more than a month of WoW.
A regular Video game for PS3, XBOX, Wii, costs 2.6 times the cost of a month of WoW.
Eating out at McDonalds (meal) for 3 days within a month costs more than WoW.
Your internet connection alone can cost atleast 3 or 4 times as much as a month of WoW.
Going to see movies at a movie theater can almost be 2 times as much as a month of WoW.

Most gamers like the above, and pay for the above. Even at the bare minimum, if you have a job and are willing to sacrifice buying a movie, eating out at a fast food place, buying a video game, you can afford WoW. I know I've not bought something just to play a month of WoW before, did it bother me? Not in the least, Instead of seeing a movie, I got to play a month of WoW.

Just because the company makes a crap load of money doesn't mean it should become "more affordable" for it's customers, it means they're doing something right and are successful. It's affordable now, and I'm very happy for putting in 500$ into WoW over the years, they've shown me they're worth it.

With the whole economy thing, if a man is struggling that bad, playing on a game, hell a computer that costs money just to get on via internet, should be the FARTHEST thing from his mind.
You can get internet for free and every human being wants something to entertain themselves, that's what makes life worth living. The pleasurable things. I think that if a company is making extreme profit it would be wise and advisable for them to make themselves a little more affordable so that they could attract even more potential customers, which would lead to more money in the end. Movies is also something that could be free or fairly cheap too. Some theaters charge only 2 or $3 and you have others that watch them by other means. As for fast food, it doesn't cost more than WoW for three days if you're including the price of the disc, which should be an added factor. Regulars could have a more appealing factor to a person on a budget as it won't grow in terms of expense over time. You pay one price for it and then that's it, you'll be spending a lot less if you're buying used, bundled, or old games as well.

These are precisely some issues I would like to see come about in a new FF MMO.

Have you played WoW on dial up, it's horrible. To the point it's NOT entertaining. The only reason I could defend a low cost for it being played on dial up is because it's worth exactly what dial up is, nothing.

Most theaters that charge 2 or 3 dollars are one's that show movies already out of mainstream theater. I'm looking at things at the stand point of a self-sufficent person, one who works 40 hour weeks, normal pay (not minimum), rents or room mates (doesn't live with parents), not from (no offense) someone living in the ghetto or living with their parents with no income coming to them.

My chicken mcnugget meals cost 6.28$ plus tax. Nuggets, fries, drink. Just 3 of those is over 15$. 4 days a month of 5$ foot longs at Subway is more.

My sister plays WoW about 4 times in a month because she is like... massively casual, but she still has no problem paying for that time she plays.

When I talk about 15$ being affordable, I don't include the people who have to scrounge for money. Again, they could probably be doing better things than spending their time, even if it's casual on WoW.

Again, most people who can't afford, 15$ for a computer game a month prolly can't afford more important things, like food, or clothes. 7.50$ a paycheck saved, buy a game card at the end of the month, again, if you can't take out 7.50$ from your paycheck, you have other things you need to be worrying about than entertainment.