Why Does World of Warcraft Cost a Monthly Fee?
They have to pay for their server maintenance, support, and ongoing content creation. Every year, they're spending around 120 million dollars a year. Server maintenance costs around 100 million, and support and content creation cost about 20 million. You've also got to take in to account the amount of money it took them to make the game in the first place. Most PC games today cost around 10 million dollars to make. That really isn't all that much. So, after their anual fees, they're still making a good 1.68 billion dollars a year. There is no reason they still need to charge you 15 dollars a month.
Now, it is the top MMORPG ever created. Why? Because it is one awesome game. The people that play have no problem with paying 15 dollars a month. They obviously wouldn't if they didn't feel it was necessary. There's all sorts of quests to do, different races to be, different classes to bem and a huge map to explore. The game has a very addicting quality about it that helps with its sales. Give it a try, you'll see what I mean.
Now, getting back to the point. Why does World of Warcraft cost a monthly fee? Because people will pay for it. There is no reason they need to charge a monthly fee. If people stopped playing, they would probably drop the price, maybe even make it free. Of course, people won't stop. When a game is so good and so addicting, you can't help it. You can read about World of Warcraft at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft if you're interested.
Just a few last things I'd like to say; No, World of Warcraft does not need to cost 15 dollars a month, like I said. Yes, if you play, you will get addicted and you will try justifying the cost. And finally, sorry if this article isn't that great, because it's my first one.
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She clearly means that the two year old son is paying a great price when his father ignores him in favor of the game.
And also, she never said anything about gamers in general; it was a specific reference to the father and others like him.
Correction, it is not a game card they give you. You are simply given a new digital game code that represents a 60 day game card in the email that you used to create the acc.
I currently need 4 referrals (which means 4 people make a free account on this site) to get a 60 day game card. You can do it too for the same thing. Just click my link. preez. I wants to play but I haz no moneyz for month time! :[
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Comparing this site to a few others I tried and gave up on, this one seemed the easiest. Unless you guys know a place where I can get them for free for no effort then let me know! lol
The price of WoW is to much people say its not but 15 $ each month so thats in 1 year 180$ and then there will be a new expansion in 1 year so the total amount is 240$ WoW will get each year 28800000 $
i have played it on the trial, and it is very fun and addicting, but there is no way i could afford to pay the extra money required to keep playing it. I also kinda have an issue with having to buy WoW1 and WoW2 before i can play WoW3 which will cost alot considering WoW1 costs $20 and WoW3 costs $40. I really wish i could afford to play the game, but its just 2 much money to spend in video games. I do play online games with beta features, but theyre only about $5 a month, and after your membership runs out u can still play as a free member. i really wish i could fully play this game, but its not worth the price after i pay for the game then have to keep paying to play the game i bought.
@mom dave is right and the price is nothing to a two year old who probably doesnt even know what cinema means. but putting that aside just hack his computer and insert some parental controls to the Wow game
i just say that if it were to be free, i would buy it hands down!
@mom maybe he just doesnt like you
@mom - Some people have self control believe it or not and know when it's time to turn a game off. Your disrespect should be towards people who neglect the real world because of an addiction, not all gamers in general.
I really think they should lower the price, it costs $80 a year if you get like some group discount, and I think that a little pricey. I would LOVE to play WoW again, with my brother a sister too! But 80 x 3 = $240 a year...
Playing WoW with my siblings would be awesome but...I can't afford it. I is cheap. :3