World of Warcraft has always been a subscription. But why? The questions more and more players and are not ready to pay that.
When World of Warcraft came on the market at that time, it was quite normal to pay a subscription to the game. Between 11 € and 13 € you pay a month, depending on the sewing subscription option. But the more years passed, the more competition there was also for WOW and other business models. Many players now ask themselves the question: What do you still pay a subscription? Why is World of Warcraft still put on a subscription model?
In the last few days, the topic in the subreddit of WOW has recorded a tidy ride and triggered some interesting discussions.
What speaks for a subscription? A subscription was always based on Blizzard that the money is needed to provide a good service. The maintenance of the server structure, the payment of support employees and the further development of the game through patches and updates are paid primarily through the subscription.
That says the post on Reddit: In the subreddit of WOW, "Last_judicator" has published a post and can be in some lines that a subscription at World of Warcraft would not be up to date. His main arguments are:
- An item shop has been in the game for a long time, so you certainly do not pay for the privilege to have something like that.
- There are many months without new content and often long content droughts between the big patches.
- Extensions still cost a medium amount. So you pay twice - once for the extension and then still to play the content as well.
- Almost all other major MMORPGs have found alternative payment methods and "force" the player is not in a subscription.
- Support staff have been reduced more and more in recent years.
Why is that relevant? As a rule, such postings disappear with a few dozen up or downvotes quite fast in the sinking, but the contribution of Last_judicator was different. He received a lot of approval (91%) and almost 16,000 upvotes - a quite amount that only a few contributions reach. Many other players sign up under the contribution and also tell their opinions.
What do the other players say so ? Almost all sides, there is a consent that WOW's payment model is no longer up-to-date and simply biting with other things - such as the Item shop or the cost of new extensions. One of the most popular comments is about the zoidao401:
_ "It's incredibly simple ... _ The people pay it . The it's the only reason you need. Much too many people have invested [a lot of time] in the game to stop, so they will continue to pay. As long as enough people pay for it, [Blizzard] will continue to demand that. "
There is also a lot of approval on the commentary of Magnific3nt, which complains about the current content system of World of Warcraft Zynically:
Du pay monthly for something that is released, but then behind weekly Timegates is and everything has a weekly cap .
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However, there are also some votes that make it clear that you would like to pay for World of Warcraft because you have prepared the game for many thousand hours of fun and joy, which could not deliver other games over so many years. So writes about "daenerymomodon":
Boullt it or let it, but many people enjoy the game in their own way. Sure, many do not do that either, and most of them have already terminated their subscription. Just because you no longer enjoy a game, that does not mean that anyone who sees that look different, somehow is fahmish .
What do you think of this thing? Is it okay that Wow still holds at the subscription model?
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