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What were the server setup and monthly costs like? It should be clear that Blizzard are ridiculously overcharging people with 10$/month when fans can run somet
by yAnonymous 11y ago
What were the server setup and monthly costs like?
It should be clear that Blizzard are ridiculously overcharging people with 10$/month when fans can run something like this and offer it for free or based on donations.
- thenomad 11y agoMuch as I'm in favour of private servers in general, this statement doesn't really work. Blizzard have to - legally have to - pay the people who do customer support, development, art, writing server ops, etc. That adds up to a lot more than just server costs.
- yAnonymous 11y agoThat argument doesn't hold, considering WoW players also have to pay for the games themselves, not just the monthly costs. On top of that, you can buy character boosts, too. No, this isn't covering development and support costs, it's shameless profit optimization.
- thenomad 11y agoThey release a lot of additional free content (or used to, anyway. Not so much these days I believe), and the support burden is far higher than it would be for a release-once local game.
- yAnonymous 11y agoWoW provides Blizzard three sources of income (game price, monthly fee, ingame store) and I hear their support is quite bad. Many other MMOs get along just fine with only one or two while providing an equal or better level of support. But Blizzard can get away with all that thanks to people like you buying their marketing crap.