Tifa's Real Lover(really, you're killing us here.

Of course this game has monthly payments, most MMORPGs do. You can find the details in the FAQ if you would only read it. Yes, Sony has discontinued the harddrive for PS2. Why are they still selling the hard drive or FFXI? I don't really understand your question. I'm sure you can still find the hard drive on places like Ebay, but if you were referring to FFXI, they're still selling it because you can still play the game on the PC or XBox. The game does not come with a hard drive or a network adaptor. You would need to get those things seperately. Since doing so is complicated, I would suggest you play on the PC.

But given your obvious reluctance to read the FAQ, I would suggest you not play the game at all until you've done some research on it and read up on the facts.