fps_d0minat0r said:
Servers - not every game uses dedicated servers and of the ones which do, those servers are not always provided by Sony or MS. In cases where they are supporting their own games with servers, you are paying a price to access those servers when you buy the game. It also means if you want to rent your own server for a game like BF, you have to pay twice which is silly. |
Her is some real world costs for servers:
http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3832058.ece
Sorry but it is swedish but here is a translation:
The Facebook serverhall in Sweden uses 1 TWh electricty annualy. That is roughly 1% of Swedens total electricity consumption.
This has to be paid, so even if you think facebook is free, they make money on us, as a collective, in many ways - mainly ads!
