World of Warcraft - Circuit City $44.99

[RedShirt]

People, you don't have to play it 60 hours a week. You could play only 1-2 hours a day and still have fun and still get your money's worth.

 

[13rian]

Originally posted by: RedShirt
People, you don't have to play it 60 hours a week. You could play only 1-2 hours a day and still have fun and still get your money's worth.

I agree. It's like the example somebody gave before about paying $15 for a movie; it's about what you thinking is fun, entertaining, and worth your time (another similar example is cable tv).

 

[Krutoy]

Originally posted by: RedShirt
People, you don't have to play it 60 hours a week. You could play only 1-2 hours a day and still have fun and still get your money's worth.

That's true, you don't have to play 60 hours a week. But once you start playing you'll probably be playing more than that. The game is as addicting as heroin (no personal experience...) but you'll find yourself wanting to get bigger and bigger doses, until it interferes with your real life.

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: PLaYaHaTeD

Costs time and money to maintain servers, to buy new hardware to replace stuff, costs money to have people maintain them. Costs money to have programmers and people fix bugs and put out patches. It costs money to balance the classes. It's NOT going to be like Diablo II where a new patch comes out once every 2 years or so, they're going to be fixing it a lot more than that. I don't mind paying the fee at all since I know that that's what the money goes towards. Now if it were a game like D2, I wouldn't pay to play that game Plus it keeps a lot of the kids who don't have credit cards out of the game, and a lot of people who well ... refuse to pay to play a game (those gamers are usually people who play free games, such as CS, SC, WC etc out )

Umm, sorry but no. Sure it costs money for all that sh!t, but you are crazy if you think that they aren't raking in the cash. Blizzard is pushing it bigtime by charging MORE than typical $40 just to buy the game, and then 50% MORE than any other MMORPG just to play the game. They should offer 3 months free with the $50 retail purchase.

As the pricing stands now, its basically a license for Blizzard to print money. Or grow it on trees.
Shoot, they might as well have found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The BIG pot, not that tiny one on the cover of Lucky Charms.

I'm glad they charge, because it keeps cheap lame poor people out.

 

[faZZter]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
You could probably beat CC's price at Best Buy. Don't they usually have the new games on sale plus the extra you would save by using the Gamer's GC?

Gamer's gift card coupon applies to "video game" software (which they interpret as console games) not PC games, read the coupon. I have asked the BB people a couple times about it and they said the same thing.

Still, you can get the pre order box with the novel in it, then just price match CC for the same price and end up with a free Warcraft novel.

 

[deldd]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007

Originally posted by: PLaYaHaTeD

Costs time and money to maintain servers, to buy new hardware to replace stuff, costs money to have people maintain them. Costs money to have programmers and people fix bugs and put out patches. It costs money to balance the classes. It's NOT going to be like Diablo II where a new patch comes out once every 2 years or so, they're going to be fixing it a lot more than that. I don't mind paying the fee at all since I know that that's what the money goes towards. Now if it were a game like D2, I wouldn't pay to play that game Plus it keeps a lot of the kids who don't have credit cards out of the game, and a lot of people who well ... refuse to pay to play a game (those gamers are usually people who play free games, such as CS, SC, WC etc out )

Umm, sorry but no. Sure it costs money for all that sh!t, but you are crazy if you think that they aren't raking in the cash. Blizzard is pushing it bigtime by charging MORE than typical $40 just to buy the game, and then 50% MORE than any other MMORPG just to play the game. They should offer 3 months free with the $50 retail purchase.

As the pricing stands now, its basically a license for Blizzard to print money. Or grow it on trees.
Shoot, they might as well have found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The BIG pot, not that tiny one on the cover of Lucky Charms.

I'm glad they charge, because it keeps cheap lame poor people out.

Well, keeping poor people out and keeping cheap people out are to different things. I don't think poor and cheap belong in thew same sentence. Besides this game is not aimed at the poor in the first place. It's aimed at those who have Cable or DSL. Which is only a fraction of the population. In this country probably 40% of the population still do not have internet access at home. Of the 60% that do, probably more than half of that number still use dial-up, which can be a pain when playing online games.

Since there isn't a broader consumer market for these types of games, they'll charge as much as they can until people stop paying it, which will never happen. They have to make money or people get fired, with the limited market they have, it's even more difficult.

 

[oktober75]

everyone here that complains about the cost of the game, do any of you own a cell phone? how many of you paid for your cell phone? how much do you pay for your cell phone a month?

how many of you own a TiVo? was that TiVO free? how much is that monthy subscription?

i'm tired of gamers complaining about costs. if you ask me, you're all hellbent on prices because i bet the majority of you are the ones getting your games via warez and don't care to pay for the game in the first place, let alone a monthly fee.

 

[Krutoy]

I always do the gamers card, most workers know that its supposed to be for video games, but they scan it just the same for the computer games, and it works fine.

 

[faZZter]

Originally posted by: Krutoy
I always do the gamers card, most workers know that its supposed to be for video games, but they scan it just the same for the computer games, and it works fine.

Yep, you're right. I have got them to take it before for PC games, but ya just can't count on it 100% is all I'm saying.

 

[Kholdan]

Well, I played the Beta... as far as lag there was some. This was due to stress testing the servers and the developers trying to streamline there code, so at retail release it would be smooth going (hopefully). I will be buying 2 copies for myself and my son. For 26.00/month it would be about the same as us going to the movies and we will have way more fun.....
As far as how much money they make whither it is 36 million or 100 million a year, I dont think it will matter much to the bottom line of the company. Vivendi has a 32 Billion dollar market cap and lost 3 billion dollars over the last year.

 

[bigwill01]

I just went to circuit city BM and their prices were 49.99/79.99 - I only saw one copy of each on the shelves... So there's one collector's edition in Beltsville MD left

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: Krutoy

Originally posted by: RedShirt
People, you don't have to play it 60 hours a week. You could play only 1-2 hours a day and still have fun and still get your money's worth.

That's true, you don't have to play 60 hours a week. But once you start playing you'll probably be playing more than that. The game is as addicting as heroin (no personal experience...) but you'll find yourself wanting to get bigger and bigger doses, until it interferes with your real life.

tell me about it, i was in the open beta, but all i do in that 1.5 week is WoW .... eat... sleep.... WoW....class (then come back).... more WoW

i can sleep because the game is Too addicting....

 

[saltedeggman]

Originally posted by: Krutoy
To all complaining about the price or the monthly subscription. Thats so insignificant compared to the amount of time you will spend playing the game. I played the open beta and must admit its the most addicting game since Diablo II in its prime.
The reason I won't be playing the retail though is because I can't afford to invest 60 hours a week into a game. First of all I go to school, and it will most likely hurt my grades tremendously, and also imagine working somewhere instead of playing a game, the amount of money you will lose by not working and playing the game is much more than $15.
P.S
Once again, I absolutely loved the game, and actually am going through a withdrawl myself.

i am in the same exact position as you are

i am withdrawing myself from the game...good choice (in a way)

 

[monkyskunk]

For those of you who ordered the CE from Buy.com, what is the status of your order? When I checked my account profile it's listed as being "Sent to Warehouse", but when I clicked on my order number the status in my order summary has it listed as "On Order", which is not good :frown: I am afraid it's either gonna take forever to ship or not get shipped at all, since there were a limited number made.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: oktober75
everyone here that complains about the cost of the game, do any of you own a cell phone? how many of you paid for your cell phone? how much do you pay for your cell phone a month?

how many of you own a TiVo? was that TiVO free? how much is that monthy subscription?

i'm tired of gamers complaining about costs. if you ask me, you're all hellbent on prices because i bet the majority of you are the ones getting your games via warez and don't care to pay for the game in the first place, let alone a monthly fee.

how the hell do you compare a video game to a cell phone ?
Cell phone serves a greater purpose.

Tivo would make a better comparison.

 

[whoboo]

monky: thats buy.com for you.

 

[Denorek]

Originally posted by: monkyskunk
For those of you who ordered the CE from Buy.com, what is the status of your order? When I checked my account profile it's listed as being "Sent to Warehouse", but when I clicked on my order number the status in my order summary has it listed as "On Order", which is not good :frown: I am afraid it's either gonna take forever to ship or not get shipped at all, since there were a limited number made.

I canceled my order from Buy.com, so I can get it today...

 

[deldd]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman

Originally posted by: Krutoy
To all complaining about the price or the monthly subscription. Thats so insignificant compared to the amount of time you will spend playing the game. I played the open beta and must admit its the most addicting game since Diablo II in its prime.
The reason I won't be playing the retail though is because I can't afford to invest 60 hours a week into a game. First of all I go to school, and it will most likely hurt my grades tremendously, and also imagine working somewhere instead of playing a game, the amount of money you will lose by not working and playing the game is much more than $15.
P.S
Once again, I absolutely loved the game, and actually am going through a withdrawl myself.

i am in the same exact position as you are

i am withdrawing myself from the game...good choice

(in a way)

Me too. The game is way to addictive for somone with 17 credits and a job and a wife. lol I had to get off the drug cold turkey and I'm never going back. The open beta did a favor for some of us by closing almost a week before release

 

[whoboo]

i m considering my options. i m only tkaing 13 creds next semester but its also my last semester. errrr...why must you tempt me.

cancelling order with buy.com is a pain.

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: monkyskunk
For those of you who ordered the CE from Buy.com, what is the status of your order? When I checked my account profile it's listed as being "Sent to Warehouse", but when I clicked on my order number the status in my order summary has it listed as "On Order", which is not good :frown: I am afraid it's either gonna take forever to ship or not get shipped at all, since there were a limited number made.

same with me. I might just pick it up from comp usa

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: deldd

Originally posted by: Johnbear007

Originally posted by: PLaYaHaTeD

Costs time and money to maintain servers, to buy new hardware to replace stuff, costs money to have people maintain them. Costs money to have programmers and people fix bugs and put out patches. It costs money to balance the classes. It's NOT going to be like Diablo II where a new patch comes out once every 2 years or so, they're going to be fixing it a lot more than that. I don't mind paying the fee at all since I know that that's what the money goes towards. Now if it were a game like D2, I wouldn't pay to play that game Plus it keeps a lot of the kids who don't have credit cards out of the game, and a lot of people who well ... refuse to pay to play a game (those gamers are usually people who play free games, such as CS, SC, WC etc out )

Umm, sorry but no. Sure it costs money for all that sh!t, but you are crazy if you think that they aren't raking in the cash. Blizzard is pushing it bigtime by charging MORE than typical $40 just to buy the game, and then 50% MORE than any other MMORPG just to play the game. They should offer 3 months free with the $50 retail purchase.

As the pricing stands now, its basically a license for Blizzard to print money. Or grow it on trees.
Shoot, they might as well have found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The BIG pot, not that tiny one on the cover of Lucky Charms.

I'm glad they charge, because it keeps cheap lame poor people out.

Well, keeping poor people out and keeping cheap people out are to different things. I don't think poor and cheap belong in thew same sentence. Besides this game is not aimed at the poor in the first place. It's aimed at those who have Cable or DSL. Which is only a fraction of the population. In this country probably 40% of the population still do not have internet access at home. Of the 60% that do, probably more than half of that number still use dial-up, which can be a pain when playing online games.

Since there isn't a broader consumer market for these types of games, they'll charge as much as they can until people stop paying it, which will never happen. They have to make money or people get fired, with the limited market they have, it's even more difficult.

That's true. My bad. Poor people are cool. But keeping cheap people out is good. Every cheap person Iknow sux in every other part of their personality as well

 

[Auggie]

not sure if anyone's posted this - but the Microcenter in Houston was selling for 34.99.

 

[JasonK]

holy cow 34.99? can anyone confirm? if so, compusa price match here i come, 10 dollar gc at compussr

 

[Nessal]

Originally posted by: powdahound

Originally posted by: PLaYaHaTeD
As the pricing stands now, its basically a license for Blizzard to print money. Or grow it on trees.
Shoot, they might as well have found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The BIG pot, not that tiny one on the cover of Lucky Charms.

Shame on them for coming up with a fun game that people want to play! They deserve to make money. Besides, most games are $50 new these days, and other MMO games are around this same price range.

Not that fun. All my friends are playing it right now and I've played beta. I was planning to join them since they are all playing it...but after seeing the monthly fees of up ato $15, I said screw it. I dont mind paying monthly if the game is fun as hell (AC) but not for a mediocre game. AC used to be 10 bucks a month and the devs updated the game every month with new content, fixes, balances etc etc and they have 8 servers running. 10 bucks a month is a lot easier to swallow then 15....when will it stop? I can already see companies in the future charging 20 a month.

 

[Dyre]

Although EQ completely f***ing sucks, I like how the first one was sold- The game cost you about $10-$20 and you got your first month free ($10 value)-
Its bullshit to charge $50-$60 for a MMORPG title, THEN charge $15+ a month to even play the game. Its not like you can play these games single player, if your going to play the game, your going to pay the per month fee.

Charge $60 for the game, or charge per month- Not both.
The only reason to do both is if you know your game is complete s***, so you have to charge full pop for the game becuase no-one is going to keep playing, or your just trying to rip off the buyer.

While I've loved everything blizzard, I can't see myself ever buying WoW- Just like I'll never buy SW:G, even though I credit the original X-Wing for getting me into PC gaming to start with.