MMORPGs like World of Warcraft: Immune to economic downturn
Filed under: Gaming, PC Games | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments
Blizzard thinks that in light of the recent economic slump, their game World of Warcraft can be immune due to the high value they offer compared to other forms of entertainment.
Executive at Blizzard, Paul Sams was speaking to VideoGamer.com hours before last week’s midnight launch of their new expansion Wrath of the Lich King at HMV in London’s busy Oxford Street. He said the game has the ‘opportunity to be touched less” than rival entertainment, like film, as long as the product is “priced fairly”.
He summed up his comments by saying, ‘If you look at the value that we provide for £8.99 a month, versus the other forms of entertainment, there’s no cheaper entertainment. When the economy is difficult, things that are inexpensive, that are immersive and a ton of fun, especially when it’s the most inexpensive form, why not?”
Clearly if you look at his views his way, then the guy has a point. But then to a lot of us £8.99 still might seem like a lot of money each month to the gamer. But with 11 million subscribers already to the series, I doubt that it will suffer as a result of the economic downturn. What are your thoughts on this matter? Do you think that £8.99 is a fair amount to pay for the gameplay and entertainment you receive while playing WoW? Let us know your thoughts.
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Cons: Time it will take away from RL (Real Life), Pay-to-Play = take a while to get used to.
To take full advantage, you have to have the WoW; The First Expansion, and now the Second Expansion Pack. (which you can now get cheaper than when it first came out.)
Pros: However once you try it out (Like one of the 15day trials avaliable from the website) it seems well worth the price (as long as prices do not go up).
You are not limited to the storyline of the game (The EndGame as it is sometimes called), you can have a good time playing without going to the extreme lengths that others have getting your avatar [Charactor(s)] to the right level.
£8.99 is a very fair price for what you get. If you are playing the game as it should be played,doingquests leveling up meeting new people and enjoying your time spent playing it is more than worth the money. It is a truly beautiful game and Blizzard deserve their profits. But they need a new downloader. Nuf said.