You get 48 hours worth of entertainment value per dollar a month. 100% worth it
Everything cost money so I expect it to a certain point. But Iāve also reduced what Iām willing to spend to the bare minimum. That is what itās worth to me. Sales happen enough to where itās not a big deal.
Iād like to think thatās true, but WoW community is definitely the second picture. Especially around GD. Even just in this thread, lol. 
Itās a matter of choice. If you think it is worth it and you like the game, then play. If not, go find something else you like better or whose price you like better.
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if expansions were actually good, id be ok with it
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Weāre in the same boat. My skills are specialized thanks to WoW, and it has protected and taught me since childhood. The problem is that my skillset doesnāt include IRL social skills 
Other than that, Iām happy Iāve chosen to spend my main hobby time and money here, as opposed to buying games every week that only last 10 hours. Iād much rather expand my library or watch TV films, as both are cheaper and are more reusable forms of escapist entertainment.
WoW is pretty cheap entertainment. Iād rather drop money on an expansion than a one and done movie in a theater.
Once every 2 years or so we have an expansion that costs $60 to $100 depending on version. Old expansions become free with a sub so new players do not have to buy them separately. Only the latest expansion has a cost to participate.
Monthly it is $12.99 for the 6 month or year sub. It has been the same since 2004.
Since 2004 when a sub just got you Vanilla with a LOAD of down time every week for patches and fixesā¦ we get a lot more for one sub.
- Access to many versions of WoW including all the old expansions, Classic and those flavors, etc.
- All the expansions for free without buying them, (most current is the exception)
- Less down time than early days
- A lot more content like the Trading post adding new things each month instead of charging for them on the real money store. Lots of patches to keep things interesting during the expansion.
- New game versions like remix to give people with a sub options.
Honestly, my value per hour is insane. I get so many hours of entertainment and hobby time out of WoW that it reduces it to fractions of a penny over the years. Yes, it is worth it.
Far far cheaper than even going to a movie once a month or out to lunch once a month. Hard to beat for a price on entertainment for the number of hours spent. I like having a sub - keeps out the F2P folks.
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I think I get my moneyās worth.
$15 bucks a month (less if you buy the year plan) isnāt all that much.
Thatās like a 12 pack of beer, or 10 chicken tenders, heck thatās cheaper than ordering a pizza with delivery fees and tip.
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I make my coffee at home and and at $12.99/monthly (yearly subscription USD) WOW is still cheaper than my coffee per month. Even if I factor in the Epic expansion packā¦
I think wow is still good entertainment value.
Iāve played 20 years and I tend to buy the ānewā expansion when it goes on sale for 40-50% off. I also buy the packages that give 6-18 months subscription as a package deal because is less expansive than paying monthly. Only you can decide if a few cents per day is worth your money.
Fifteen bucks a month a 50 bucks every two years is an incredible value for the money.
If you stop playing for a month or 2, it isnt $252 dollars a year for you, is it?
Buying a single 20 hour, $70 game a month is $840 dollars a year.
There is no comparison in value at all.
I am just slightly heartbroken.
Yet I can accept it at the same time. Rofl.
I donāt pre-order, I only buy the expansion when itās on sale, I donāt buy services, I donāt buy anything on the store, and I only sub for around half of an expansion.
Paying full price for a seasonal game is dumb. Your content is hard limited to whatever that particular season has, and in WoWās case, itās a single raid and dungeons that, around half of them, I have already ran for years prior.
If they did that, theyād have to: a) adjust for inflation on their operating costs; and b) include the expansion price in the sub.
a) The sub has remained the same since 2004, so according the BLS Inflation Calculator thatād be $25.50/mo instead of $15/mo. All prior expansions are included in that fee.
b) As @Mirasol pointed out an expansion comes every two years with a base cost around $60, so $60 / 24 mo = $2.50/mo added to the sub with separate expansion costs. Baking this in screws over the people that are content to play the old expansions and wait for the latest expansion to be included as part of the sub-fee.
So do you really think your value for the dollar is any different if the sub-fee jumped from $15/mo to $28/mo USD (assuming current USD-CAD exchange rate, thatās $40/mo CAD)? Iām guessing you were thinking that Blizz would somehow cave and give you free expansions for the same $21/mo CAD (the price in USD that hasnāt changed since 2004)? Thatās simply not happening as itās a ridiculous premise.
If you donāt think the value is worth the cost, then vote with your feet and stop paying a sub. Find a different game that does have value for your dollar. At least look at the Steam Queue of a Google search with keywords for game elements you like for some ideas on a change of pace thatās really worth the cost to you.
P.S. Given that they have kept the sub-fee the same, perhaps they could get away with just adding $2.50/mo for to include the cost of base expansions in the sub-fee, but again that screws people that just want to play old expansions for $15/mo and would rather not pay for a new expansion at $18/mo (and that new sub-fee will most certainly be adjusted for inflation going forward). Heroic and Epic game editions will still be a one-time fee above and beyond, but I just donāt think Blizz would ever go this route.
I feel fine about it. I get as much or as little game time as I want from my subscription. I can play every day if I want. I canāt do that with other forms of entertainment.
Not true. You can absolutely try the game for free with the free trial.
Thatās a bad way to look at things. You look at things over a long-term to break yourself of bad habits (smoking, daily starbux/mcdonaldās). A much better way to look at WoW in particular is the daily cost. US figures because American:
$15/mo is .50 a day
$50 for the expansion, expansion lasts what, they shoot for 1.5 years, so thatās $50 / (365 * 1.5) ~= 9 cents per day.
So WoW costs around 60 cents per day to play. Thatās EXTREMELY GOOD VALUE.
I very strongly dislike the idea of subscription games, but when I work it out like this, itās really quite inexpensive. Even if you factor in the cost of the PC over time, itās still probably one of the most inexpensive hobbies you can have.
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I can barely leave my house to do anything and not spend $15. Paying that much for a sub is extremely good value to me considering itās entertainment for an entire month. I canāt think of many hobbies that would cost me less (and I donāt like any of the free/cheaper games) so this is fine.
While 15$ isnāt much for a month there are a lot of games that provide just as much fun for a single base price or are free from the get go. Do I think in isolation itās expensive? No. But in the gaming market itās one of the more expensive games these days.