Warcraft is the most expensive game I have ever played. Waiting more than 6 months for content updates is too long, because 6 months of a monthly wow sub costs more than a full, new, AAA game.
Let’s compare xbox live ultimate pass:
It costs less than wow, you get over 100 free games, you get xbox gold (free, aka servers to play on, etc), the library includes a lot of triple A games, including all first party xbox games.
For example, I want to try the new “Outriders” game, but I don’t want to pay for it, because it has a 74 metacritic score. No problem, for less than a wow sub I can try that game for free.
But not only that game, but over 100 other very high quality games. The list is updated as more games are released, just like netflix.
I’m willing to bet that if you 100% all 100+ of those games you still wouldn’t have spent as much time as it would take you to 100% wow. Wow is a stupidly massive game if you do everything, if you pick and choose what you want then maybe it’s over priced for you and you should look at other games.
Yes… let’s compare Apples to Asparagus. They both start with the letter A.
There are so many false statements in this it’s almost comical.
You don’t get access to 100 free games… you pay for that access.
Xbox Gold? Totally useless for those of us that don’t own, use, want to own a Xbox console. Also… not free… you pay to have access to this service.
Look guys… the library contains a lot of triple A games… like… The Need for speed collection? Uhhh… ok. Forza games… ummm ok… Hey look Mass Effect… I remember those… 1 and 2 were good… 3 was a dumpster fire of a game and Andromeda I didn’t even bother with. BTW… a majority of the games on it aren’t games made by AAA studios… and Outriders? Disappointing to say the least… reviewers have been ripping that game apart.
Nope… you have to pay for access to the service… once again… Not Free. Do you even know what Free means? You keep using the word… but don’t seem to have a grasp on what it means and how it’s applied.
I just signed up to ubisoft monthly thing. Same concept. Pay for membership, try the games. There were 2 games I didn’t know if I wanted to buy. So for $20 a month, I can try them. Not for free - for $20 a month. I am still paying for them, just via a different method than the standard.
I agree with both first and second. The problem with wow is most of us only play 2 days a week. Raiding and mythic plus. I cant justify the cost myself anymore.
I play less then two days a week even though with my job I have endless hours to kill. Sure I can go clear content I’ve cleared 100s of times over and over, but why? Mounts? Battle pets? Tmogs? I ride one mount. I dont battle pet, I have pokemon ruby - sorry. and if I want a mog I just go get it right then n there.
I use to burn a lot of time here and really wish it were the same but it seems blizzard has doubled down on the time gating and raid or die mentality. pvp is a joke atm. The que system isn’t worth sitting around for. The classes aren’t as full as they have been without barrowed power since WOD.
I myself have been playing a lot of other RPG games. putting the time into them where it use to go here. I just no longer feel satisfied with my money/time spent here. Probably just personally burned out.
The main issue I truly feel is that blizz tried to hard to make this a Esport. Its not a game, its a over priced show for others that I personally don’t partake in. There for I’m just another 15$ in the pot.
There are people who spend thousands of dollars to go to sporting events. I certainly don’t think it’s worth a mortgage payment to watch sweaty men run into each other, but maybe someone else does. Which of us is “right”?
i love wow, and it’s worth it to me, but the content this game provides is just not mathematically equal to a $60 game every four months. I can’t be dishonest about that.
This is me admitting that i’m enjoying something overpriced, basically.
maybe it’s over priced for you and you should look at other games.