| Untamoi said:
But updating the actual game for the vulnerabilities doesn't cost any less then years before. Actually, it probably costs much more than ever before. Programming doesn't cost much less than it before, only technology does. Now, probably more money in cheap cell phones goes to software rather than hardware. |
First off the programming cost may or may not be less, while the programmers rate themselves may be constant the technologies to program may become easier, more well known, more wide spread thus more resources for the updates and require less man power due to said technology (this happens often as I am a programmer)
However that is besides the point, as stated any updates could theoretically be taken care of as in any NON MMO game, paying for the updates, using micro-transactions or other methods of on access payment. Also as stated, with the reduced cost of the technologies I'm not saying that it necessarily should be free, just reduce the cost of the of the monthly fee; I'm not a fool many MMOs have MILLIONS of players but let's just say an MMO only get's one hundred thousand users, at $5 a month that is 6 million dollars EVERY year... 60 million if you have 1 million subscribers. Are you trying to tell me 6 to 60 million dollars can't cover these update cost? Of course it could everything else is just greed and I personally won't promote that if you want to that is your choice, but it hurts you as well.
