Let's assume this is the last and only game on earth though, how about then?
Originally posted by grapevine Only if I was diagnosed as insane. Even then I'd question doing so.
Have you been to a doctor lately? Perhaps this is a good time to go, when you get back answer this question legitamately. Would you after coming home from the doctor pay $1000 for a lifetime sub to WoW all expacs included?
no i'd rather keep on paying a sub when i feel like playing.. feels like less of a commitment then
After you payed there is no commitment, it's going to be there for the rest of your life, come and go at will.
problem is what if i get bored after a month or two and this time i never come back to the game? what am i supposed to do with a lifetime sub then? so i'd rather just pay for the time i know i'll be playing
That's the equivalent of 5½ years of subscription fees. I bought WoW the day it launched and my total subscription time for the 3 or 4 periods that I played hasn't even reached a combined 5½ years. So that's a no.
Yes but you never have to shell out money for a game again, think about it.
If it were possible for the same thing to entertain me for the rest of my life (and assuming this hypothetical assumes WoW never shuts down), then yeah, you have a great deal there. Personally, however, I enjoy more games than just MMOs (and more hobbies than just gaming), so that's not gonna hold up for me. That $1000 can buy me 16+ other videogames at full price on their release date, or twice that many if I buy a bunch of cheaper ones that I missed out on over the years.
But hey, I get it...every person spends their time differently and places different value on their money. In this case, I haven't played WoW since a few months after Cataclysm released and have no craving to return, and $1000 can buy me quite a bit of other stuff.
I kind of feel like you would actually do it, that other stuff won't hold your attention like WoW can, plus that other stuff can always be purchased, but you won't need to because you bought wow, instead you can just invest that money into retirement funds, retire early and play wow everyday at no extra cost.
Originally posted by Xyire
Originally posted by Battlerock
Originally posted by Fusion Hell no, not even at it's golden peak.
You've played a lot of games, why would you say hell no to this? Someone with your experience surely would recognize this as a great deal.
5.5 years of playing the same game is a long long time. even if you assume they have an expansion every 2 years it would still be 5 years of sub time + the cost of the expansions.
Wow is a very good game, which i enjoyed greatly for many years... but a while back the devs announced it would stop at level 100, they have since revised their standpoint and now say they have 10 years of expansion lined up. They can change their minds whenever they want so from a purely financial standpoint, do you believe wow will continue for more than 5 years? I'm not convinced it will be going strong as a sub game in 5 years. Perhaps, but I truly hope that within 5 years the genera will have the next big thing - be it from blizzard or otherwise. Another thing to think of is do you really think you'll not get bored of the same game 5 more years from now?
Back many years ago I might have mistakenly thought it would be a good deal and that i'd be playing wow forever, but not with the current state of the game. I was extremely disappointed with panda land.
Don't through it aside just yet, there is competitive gaming just around the corner, the WoW lore can't be beat and yes 5.5 years of the same game is a long time, but it's not in vein, WoW lives on and continues to evolve, if you indeed have 5.5 years you have a leg up on everyone else. $1000 for life - for life!!!
Honestly I don't play WOW. But to be honest, if this was offered at launch, even though lifetime subs were not something to be known about at that time, I am willing to bet that a fair amount of people would of purchased it for $1000.00 knowing full well that it would be around for quite some time.
Look at people who have previously bought EQ characters for insane amount of money, or the fact many have spent countless dollars on gold and other things ingame.
Look at Star Citizen if you think its crazy, BLIZZARD in 2004 was heads above nearly any developer out there. It would of sold countless lifetimes.
IF you could have predicted the future in 2004 would you have bought the game for $1000 lifetime sub?
Originally posted by babs88
You would have more money then brains if you did that.
The game has been out for 10 years, I highly doubt it you would even get you would even break even.
The game is 10 years old yes, but it has still not be dethroned. That's because with every expac in evolves into a newer version of itself without compromising its identity, think about that, what other game can do that? Not one - this is "the" game and you would have the oppurtunity to pay once and play forever knowing you would not have to spend one more cent to play, compete, and be apart of the main event. $1000 that's all for life.
That's the equivalent of 5½ years of subscription fees. I bought WoW the day it launched and my total subscription time for the 3 or 4 periods that I played hasn't even reached a combined 5½ years. So that's a no.
Yes but you never have to shell out money for a game again, think about it.
If it were possible for the same thing to entertain me for the rest of my life (and assuming this hypothetical assumes WoW never shuts down), then yeah, you have a great deal there. Personally, however, I enjoy more games than just MMOs (and more hobbies than just gaming), so that's not gonna hold up for me. That $1000 can buy me 16+ other videogames at full price on their release date, or twice that many if I buy a bunch of cheaper ones that I missed out on over the years.
But hey, I get it...every person spends their time differently and places different value on their money. In this case, I haven't played WoW since a few months after Cataclysm released and have no craving to return, and $1000 can buy me quite a bit of other stuff.
I kind of feel like you would actually do it, that other stuff won't hold your attention like WoW can, plus that other stuff can always be purchased, but you won't need to because you bought wow, instead you can just invest that money into retirement funds, retire early and play wow everyday at no extra cost.
Originally posted by Xyire
Originally posted by Battlerock
Originally posted by Fusion Hell no, not even at it's golden peak.
You've played a lot of games, why would you say hell no to this? Someone with your experience surely would recognize this as a great deal.
5.5 years of playing the same game is a long long time. even if you assume they have an expansion every 2 years it would still be 5 years of sub time + the cost of the expansions.
Wow is a very good game, which i enjoyed greatly for many years... but a while back the devs announced it would stop at level 100, they have since revised their standpoint and now say they have 10 years of expansion lined up. They can change their minds whenever they want so from a purely financial standpoint, do you believe wow will continue for more than 5 years? I'm not convinced it will be going strong as a sub game in 5 years. Perhaps, but I truly hope that within 5 years the genera will have the next big thing - be it from blizzard or otherwise. Another thing to think of is do you really think you'll not get bored of the same game 5 more years from now?
Back many years ago I might have mistakenly thought it would be a good deal and that i'd be playing wow forever, but not with the current state of the game. I was extremely disappointed with panda land.
Don't through it aside just yet, there is competitive gaming just around the corner, the WoW lore can't be beat and yes 5.5 years of the same game is a long time, but it's not in vein, WoW lives on and continues to evolve, if you indeed have 5.5 years you have a leg up on everyone else. $1000 for life - for life!!!
I was saying the $1000 would be equal to 5.5 years. i know that its $1000 for life, but thats just not a good deal was my point. you obviously absolutely love the game - but it doesn't hold my attention as it used to. Wow lore is beginning to get stale. they're running out of story to tell. Also my other point is exactly what you said, it continues to evolve - and currently its evolving into something im not even slightly interested in (pandas).
That's the equivalent of 5½ years of subscription fees. I bought WoW the day it launched and my total subscription time for the 3 or 4 periods that I played hasn't even reached a combined 5½ years. So that's a no.
Yes but you never have to shell out money for a game again, think about it.
If it were possible for the same thing to entertain me for the rest of my life (and assuming this hypothetical assumes WoW never shuts down), then yeah, you have a great deal there. Personally, however, I enjoy more games than just MMOs (and more hobbies than just gaming), so that's not gonna hold up for me. That $1000 can buy me 16+ other videogames at full price on their release date, or twice that many if I buy a bunch of cheaper ones that I missed out on over the years.
But hey, I get it...every person spends their time differently and places different value on their money. In this case, I haven't played WoW since a few months after Cataclysm released and have no craving to return, and $1000 can buy me quite a bit of other stuff.
I kind of feel like you would actually do it, that other stuff won't hold your attention like WoW can, plus that other stuff can always be purchased, but you won't need to because you bought wow, instead you can just invest that money into retirement funds, retire early and play wow everyday at no extra cost.
Originally posted by Xyire
Originally posted by Battlerock
Originally posted by Fusion Hell no, not even at it's golden peak.
You've played a lot of games, why would you say hell no to this? Someone with your experience surely would recognize this as a great deal.
5.5 years of playing the same game is a long long time. even if you assume they have an expansion every 2 years it would still be 5 years of sub time + the cost of the expansions.
Wow is a very good game, which i enjoyed greatly for many years... but a while back the devs announced it would stop at level 100, they have since revised their standpoint and now say they have 10 years of expansion lined up. They can change their minds whenever they want so from a purely financial standpoint, do you believe wow will continue for more than 5 years? I'm not convinced it will be going strong as a sub game in 5 years. Perhaps, but I truly hope that within 5 years the genera will have the next big thing - be it from blizzard or otherwise. Another thing to think of is do you really think you'll not get bored of the same game 5 more years from now?
Back many years ago I might have mistakenly thought it would be a good deal and that i'd be playing wow forever, but not with the current state of the game. I was extremely disappointed with panda land.
Don't through it aside just yet, there is competitive gaming just around the corner, the WoW lore can't be beat and yes 5.5 years of the same game is a long time, but it's not in vein, WoW lives on and continues to evolve, if you indeed have 5.5 years you have a leg up on everyone else. $1000 for life - for life!!!
I was saying the $1000 would be equal to 5.5 years. i know that its $1000 for life, but thats just not a good deal was my point. you obviously absolutely love the game - but it doesn't hold my attention as it used to. Wow lore is beginning to get stale. they're running out of story to tell. Also my other point is exactly what you said, it continues to evolve - and currently its evolving into something im not even slightly interested in (pandas).
Ok ok I gotcha here brother, $1k = 5.5years worth ( expac inflation not included) but lets say it does hold your attention and the lore takes a turn and suddenly grabs you, it reminds you of better times and you want to be consumed in it, then would you pay $1000 ? Think about it, you pay $1000, your emotionally and financially invested and all you have to do at this point is enjoy the game and spread the great news, spread the news about the community you a part of for life, spread the news and build up friendships, build up community, achieve the most, and just overall begin enjoying your game as you should knowing you don't have to pay anymore you just have to play and enjoy, how about then?
At this point? No, because I'm at the tail end of my WoW-playing career. I generally pick up the expansions, play through the content, and then move onto other games.
When I started playing, knowing what I now know? Absolutely. It would have been money well-spent, too.
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No. Nor would I pay $100. Or $10. I wouldn't play WoW even if it were free. WoW is good at doing what it tries to do. I just don't like what it tries to do.
Considering in the past mmo that have lifetime subscription (for example LoTRO of Carbine pedigree) costs somewhere around $200-300, $1000 for lifetime subscription for ANY game is waaaaay beyond reasonable price.
$1000 can easily buy you the highest level of membership of a football club (that include box seats to all home games, food, drinks and team jerseys) for a year, or a couple of iPhones/Samsung Galaxies, or an entirely need mid-spec PC, or a top end graphic card, or a dune buggy.
It is way too high for lifetime sub for an mmo, ANY mmo.
Originally posted by Arthasm I would pay if God or whatever can guarantee to me that I will live for at least next 10 years.
Nothing in existance can make that guarantee.
LoL, anyone can make such a guarantee but can they keep it?
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This is a absurd post, Iv been banned for less nuttiness than this. I dont think anyone except for No Life streamers on twitch sub to wow for 12 consective months at a time to even make this thread debatable. Anyone with a job, family, any sort of life or hell even those of us who just enjoy mmo hoping play wow for maybe 3-5 motnhs before finishing content unsubbing and then coming back next expansion.
Lets do some quick math for the Average wow player , 4 months a year x15 bucks = 60 dollars , now divide 1000 dollar lifietime sub by 60 and thats 16.6 years...... So basically for the average joe in order for this "lifetime sub to have any sort of value you would have to bank on wow running for the next 20 years lol cmon
$1000? No, unless they take into account the money they've gotten from me over the course of the past decade and applied it...then sure...it would already be paid.
If they made WoW 2 and offered a lifetime for $250, I would most likely purchase that. Especially if the game was a better version of current WoW.
That being said. I have my doubts we'll see a second Blizzard mmo anytime soon. Between Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard can see what their next cash cows will be, and those games most likely cost a fraction of WoW did to develop. Considering WoW still has what....7 million players at the last count, the game could bleed a million per year and still last nearly another decade.
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problem is what if i get bored after a month or two and this time i never come back to the game? what am i supposed to do with a lifetime sub then? so i'd rather just pay for the time i know i'll be playing
I had fun once, it was terrible.
You would have more money then brains if you did that.
The game has been out for 10 years, I highly doubt it you would even get you would even break even.
The game is 10 years old yes, but it has still not be dethroned. That's because with every expac in evolves into a newer version of itself without compromising its identity, think about that, what other game can do that? Not one - this is "the" game and you would have the oppurtunity to pay once and play forever knowing you would not have to spend one more cent to play, compete, and be apart of the main event. $1000 that's all for life.
I know really, it's something to think about.
I was saying the $1000 would be equal to 5.5 years. i know that its $1000 for life, but thats just not a good deal was my point. you obviously absolutely love the game - but it doesn't hold my attention as it used to. Wow lore is beginning to get stale. they're running out of story to tell. Also my other point is exactly what you said, it continues to evolve - and currently its evolving into something im not even slightly interested in (pandas).
Ok ok I gotcha here brother, $1k = 5.5years worth ( expac inflation not included) but lets say it does hold your attention and the lore takes a turn and suddenly grabs you, it reminds you of better times and you want to be consumed in it, then would you pay $1000 ? Think about it, you pay $1000, your emotionally and financially invested and all you have to do at this point is enjoy the game and spread the great news, spread the news about the community you a part of for life, spread the news and build up friendships, build up community, achieve the most, and just overall begin enjoying your game as you should knowing you don't have to pay anymore you just have to play and enjoy, how about then?
At this point? No, because I'm at the tail end of my WoW-playing career. I generally pick up the expansions, play through the content, and then move onto other games.
When I started playing, knowing what I now know? Absolutely. It would have been money well-spent, too.
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
Considering in the past mmo that have lifetime subscription (for example LoTRO of Carbine pedigree) costs somewhere around $200-300, $1000 for lifetime subscription for ANY game is waaaaay beyond reasonable price.
$1000 can easily buy you the highest level of membership of a football club (that include box seats to all home games, food, drinks and team jerseys) for a year, or a couple of iPhones/Samsung Galaxies, or an entirely need mid-spec PC, or a top end graphic card, or a dune buggy.
It is way too high for lifetime sub for an mmo, ANY mmo.
For me yes I would and have.
But only when a MMo is new. Never years after a launch of that MMo
And $1000.00 ya nope.
No game is worth $1000.00 at launch.
Hahahaha!!!
Wait a minute you are serious?
LoL, anyone can make such a guarantee but can they keep it?
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I think it would have been a good idea to add a poll to this thread.
Maybe during the vanilla day's I would have bought a lifetime sub, But I quit right after cata. And at most I would pay 250-300$.
As much as I love the game (around 450 game days played) my answer is NO!
If WoW II was ever made and you asked the same question of that game I'd probably be able to answer that 6 months to a year after it's launch.
if WOW was less than 2 years old - i might consider it
for a 10 year old game? no way
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no, not even a normal sub.
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Only one MMORPG has stood the test of time for me, but I could not have predicted that at the start, nor can I be sure I'll still like it next year.
I probably will, but not willing to bet a grand on it.
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This is a absurd post, Iv been banned for less nuttiness than this. I dont think anyone except for No Life streamers on twitch sub to wow for 12 consective months at a time to even make this thread debatable. Anyone with a job, family, any sort of life or hell even those of us who just enjoy mmo hoping play wow for maybe 3-5 motnhs before finishing content unsubbing and then coming back next expansion.
Lets do some quick math for the Average wow player , 4 months a year x15 bucks = 60 dollars , now divide 1000 dollar lifietime sub by 60 and thats 16.6 years...... So basically for the average joe in order for this "lifetime sub to have any sort of value you would have to bank on wow running for the next 20 years lol cmon
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$1000? No, unless they take into account the money they've gotten from me over the course of the past decade and applied it...then sure...it would already be paid.
If they made WoW 2 and offered a lifetime for $250, I would most likely purchase that. Especially if the game was a better version of current WoW.
That being said. I have my doubts we'll see a second Blizzard mmo anytime soon. Between Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard can see what their next cash cows will be, and those games most likely cost a fraction of WoW did to develop. Considering WoW still has what....7 million players at the last count, the game could bleed a million per year and still last nearly another decade.
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