| greenmedic88 said: You keep rehashing your same argument by stating the features of XBL which have more in common than not with services like PSN and Steam; both of which serve the same purpose only without the subscription fee. T hey too have "engineers and developers for both that are needed to improve the service through features or maintenance." MMOs like WoW are based upon a business plan where the razor is all but given away, but the blades are what provide revenues for Blizzard. You're in the minority in perceiving that a paid XBL subscription is comparable with WoW or AoC. It would be a hard sell to anyone with a WoW account that XBL is a similar service at a third of the price. The closest thing to an MMO online console service would be Home, which is currently still on record as being a free service, albeit subsidized by in-game adverts and in-game item sales. Technically, not even a game, but then neither is texting or voice messaging people on your friend list either. XBL is a gaming portal with an online store. That's it. You love it; we get it. |
Of course they all have engineers and developers for both that are needed to improve the service through features or maintenance. I already said that in my last post. Once again thanks or just reiterating what I said. What are your thoughts on companies spending revenue for a service that is not directly providing profits?
WTF?? I was not referring to the outward functionality of the service. Of course Live and WoW are two completely different user experiences and that was not, in fact, the point I was making. Perhaps I am not very clear. Both charge, not directly for the outward experience(which are not the same experience between the two, of fucking course), but for the money it costs for upkeep. 1 MMO charges 3 times the amount as XBox Live for basically the same upkeep requirements(ie. databases, patches, infrastructure) without a peep from anybody. Guild Wars was not a pay to play experience and it had the same basic functionality of WoW. Using that logic, WoW should be free to play.
