Quote Originally Posted by Roogle View Post
I would like to address your concern about Final Fantasy XI and paying a monthly fee. The fact is that the actual game itself can usually be acquired much cheaper than most games in the market right now. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game has a high cost of maintenance for any company because of the cost of maintaining servers, customer service, and continuously providing updates. It would be unrealistic to expect to not have to pay for games that take that much time and effort unless you are looking to pirate.
I understand that monthly fees are necessary for the game to run. My question is: does it NEED to run? Why must we play with thousands of people we've never met? Is the no-longer-unique experience of that actually WORTH the extra cash now? It's not that the fees are unneeded. It's that the games they support are unneeded and thus, the fees are ridiculous regardless of whether they're needed or not. My two bits, anyway.