$15 a month for a 14 year old game?

[Hellicìous-aerie-peak]

TROLLLL! TROLLLL IN THE DUNGEON!.. Just thought you ought to know.

[Kelgar-the-scryers (Kelgar)]

but yet you are subbed…lmao.

[Ebonee-azuremyst]

I dont have an active sub, I gave BFA a good go, I only played legion for a few months and before that last time I enjoyed WoW was probably MOP.

Ditto… I played WoD for about 6 months total… 3-4 of Legion… and skipped BfA after having tried Beta.

I’m just not interested in the new game at all. it just isn’t WoW to me. If Classic stays true to Vanilla for the most part… I’ll be happy as a clam.

[Lunalightss-kelthuzad]

$15? Nah I’ll be paying $45 a month for 15 year old game (3 accounts).

Thanks for committing to classic blizz, appreciate it.

Dito, i did,nt play because i could,nt effort it.
It simply was not anymore the game i wanted to play.
I,ll play at least 2 accounts.
Main account on EU my luna (priest) , second account a mage for water. and a warlock i can park at raids for summons.
And at times a 3rd account, to stay in touch with NA friends and play on lowbies together.

[Belkira-tichondrius]

You are paying $15/month to access retail WoW, Vanilla is just included in that service.

End of story.

[Dalfurane-frostmourne (Dalfurane)]

You have finally realized that they are charging you to cover their server costs and are there to make money off their creation.

Well done!

Next Level:: Learn that private servers had no obligation to give you anything which was not theirs in the first place and that Blizzard has an obligation to publicly officially support the stuff they release.

[Kaìm-tichondrius]

I hope every single person who thinks like you doesn’t play. Don’t need that toxic private server mentality.

[Latest-bloodhoof (Latest)]

You are paying $15/month to access retail WoW, Vanilla is just included in that service.

End of story.

tbh while $15 isnt a lot of money, it is a bit much for vanilla.

but we knew they would not separate the subs into two different subs because it would show how many people dislike the current development of the game.

I mean atm the dev team pretends that people are quitting because of the age of the game. Having a separate sub would make them have to face the fact that there is another reason people have quit…

[Overkiller-illidan]

50 cents a day is too much? In 2019?

[Latest-bloodhoof (Latest)]

try reading comprehension.

Its too much for vanilla, but its not a lot of money. Its simple economics.

$7 is not a lot of money, but when places charge you $7 for a soda it feels expensive.

$15 a month for a game in which they will provide no new content for is over priced compared to the market of other games. I do not think there is an equivalent game out there that charges a monthly sub fee at that price point without providing any content generation.

[Overkiller-illidan]

How much time do you spend drinking soda in a month? How much time do you think people will play Classic in a month? Is soda worth more than WoW to you, as an individual?

[Melaned-blackrock (Melaned)]

$15 a month for a game in which they will provide no new content for is over priced compared to the market of other games. I do not think there is an equivalent game out there that charges a monthly sub fee at that price point without providing any content generation.

That’s a decent argument.
The way I look at it is based on amount of entertainment I gain from it.

Netflix charges what? 11-12 dollars now? I don’t recall. But while they do give new content here and there for me personally I am not going to feel compelled to sit for hours on end watching the stuff they put up.

I will however get a lot more out of Vanilla WoW, new content or not. i.e. it comes down to personal reasons.

As far as new content argument does go, batching it with current does allow them to make the silly claim “well you have base current and whenever a new expac comes out the recent one becomes part of it thus you get new content there”.

[Latest-bloodhoof (Latest)]

That’s a decent argument.
The way I look at it is based on amount of entertainment I gain from it.

Netflix charges what? 11-12 dollars now? I don’t recall. But while they do give new content here and there for me personally I am not going to feel compelled to sit for hours on end watching the stuff they put up.

I will however get a lot more out of Vanilla WoW, new content or not. i.e. it comes down to personal reasons.

As far as new content argument does go, batching it with current does allow them to make the silly claim “well you have base current and whenever a new expac comes out the recent one becomes part of it thus you get new content there”.

I mean I see that argument, but economically people will tend to compare WoW with other video games.

$15 a month is a new game every 3 months, including games providing online servers.

I am just looking at it from an economic perspective and consumer behavior. The game should be priced at like $5-$10 a month economically speaking if they want to profit the most from it, but they wont do that.

The only reason its priced at $15 is so they can keep the delusion alive that people aren’t quitting wow left and right because of them and their terrible vision for the game from WoD - BfA.

If you understand how job protection works in unions/gov jobs etc. its clearly evident that what this current dev team is most apt at is protecting their job. Not actually doing their job.

[Melaned-blackrock (Melaned)]

I actually completely agree.

My original estimates were something like this.
They would charge 7-8 a month and then offer a small price increase on top of the current game sub say to 20 a month to bundle both.

Yeah I agree you are spot on as to why they are doing what they are.

[Raypugh-kiljaeden (Raypugh)]

Do you make like 1 dollar an hour where you work? What is the issue?

[Ooga-wyrmrest-accord-13620 (Ooga)]

I’m not paying $180 a year for ANY game,let alone a almost 15 year old game that doesn’t get content updates.

ok bye, I’ll take your raid spot

[Pledge-hyjal]

In an economic decision, people tend to not want to pay more for a product than they feel is warranted despite their income.

It’s rational consumer behavior. $15 is over priced for vanilla despite what you make. It will probably mean less profits for them, but it also means they don’t have old school wow vs new school wow out in the open for all to see.

Think about it.

[Axtella-zuljin (Axtella)]

If you had any experience with how much money it takes to keep servers online and properly maintained you would understand that they’re probably breaking even with Classic if not making very little off of it.

Nobody is forcing the hand of anyone to play. The reason they have to charge for classic wow is because it requires more work maintaining the server than say Starcraft 2 which they gave away for free.

[Boomér-bloodscalp]

Is this real?

I’m not paying $180 a year for ANY game,let alone a almost 15 year old game that doesn’t get content updates.

This is a bad move by blizzard,and it will definitely effect the amount of people playing classic.

They should have cut the sub price in half at the least.

If I was planning on playing for 5 years,that is $900.

let that sink into your head for a second…$900 to play a 14+ year old game for 5 years.

You could buy 60 games at $15 each for that amount of money,there is no way classic is worth that much.

You have to be some kind of wow addict if you think this is a fair price.

If you’re paying for BFA right now you have no pot to well you know what i mean.

[Narya-kirin-tor (Narya)]

I wouldn’t pay 15 cents for the current game.

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