Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Blizzard's WoW Business Model

I've written a rant about P2P/Cash Shop games but I forgot to write about my distaste for Blizzard's business model for WoW, which was a major reason I was against it (WoW) in the first place. Most MMORPGs allow its players to level from 1-99 (or higher) right from the start, but not Blizzard! Oh no sir!

When World of Warcraft first came out, its max level was 60. Burning Crusade, level 70. Wrath of the Lich King, level 80. So you'd expect the newest max level to be 90 right? Nope, it's 85. Blizzard's bullshit business model is trying to milk its users for all they can, and people idiotically pay for it, happily no less. I just don't understand. I don't know about you, but I rather spend my $180/year on something else. Even if I had an excess of money, I probably would still rather spend it on other things. It's not even that great of a game. I feel that this business model is almost dishonest, and it vexes me.

And they're doing the same with StarCraft 2. SC2 is going to be a trilogy, each expansion giving out a new part of the story. In Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood Wars, all three campaigns were included. Blizzard is turning into Valve, another money hungry company. What happened to companies putting their customers/players first and profit margin second? It's a dark day for gaming indeed.

GG nore. :(

10 comments:

  1. I'll never play WoW, and this provides me with further proof of that fact. I'm more of a hop-on-a-server-and-kill-shit kinda guy. To pay yearly? Ugh.

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  2. I played WoW before, but only if I had a trial. Screw that game.

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  3. i avoid WoW because it seems so addictive

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  5. yea. i thought blizzard was being a bit greedy for some reason when i heard that wotlk was coming out.

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  6. This is precisely the reason im not buying diablo 3 when it comes out. Fuck blizzard, srsly. You made a good point with this post.

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  7. I don't like that too! I wish they would just be fair and give us all three races in one game!
    Mesty =)

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  8. Yeah, as soon as it started coming out with expansions, I discontinued the game then started playing on my friends server...then it got boring. I totally agree with you.

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