Comments on: World of Warcraft: The Game without an End http://checkyourhud.com/world-of-warcraft-the-game-without-an-end/ No one knows where a ninja goes... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:10:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Eric Wall http://checkyourhud.com/world-of-warcraft-the-game-without-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-6075 Eric Wall Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:59:32 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=1725#comment-6075 Hence were my initial thoughts. However I have since realized tat for the amount of content that you recieve, even afer buying the game and the expansions is pretty good for your gaming dollar. Hence were my initial thoughts. However I have since realized tat for the amount of content that you recieve, even afer buying the game and the expansions is pretty good for your gaming dollar.

]]> By: Svenn http://checkyourhud.com/world-of-warcraft-the-game-without-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-6056 Svenn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:23:59 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=1725#comment-6056 "Initially my thoughts boiled down to never wanting to continue to pay for a title after I had bought it" This line of thinking bugs me. Without getting into the specifics of where the money is going (*cough*servers are expensive, plus the need for permanent devs*cough*), MMOs are actually cheaper for you. Yes, you are paying $15/month for an MMO subscription, but you can play that MMO all the time without playing other games. On the other hand, assuming you don't have a ton of free time, buying a single game monthly (giving you 30+ days to finish a title which usually averages you 30-60 hours of gameplay if it's a decent sized game) will cost you in the range of $30-60/month. If you game a lot, then you're probably buying 2 or more games a month, spending upwards of $100+. When I was playing WoW seriously for the first two years I had a lot more money because I rarely bought other games as I didn't need anything else. Now I'm blowing through games and blowing through money along with it. The whole idea that monthly subscription fees for games are bad is just completely misinformed. “Initially my thoughts boiled down to never wanting to continue to pay for a title after I had bought it”

This line of thinking bugs me. Without getting into the specifics of where the money is going (*cough*servers are expensive, plus the need for permanent devs*cough*), MMOs are actually cheaper for you. Yes, you are paying $15/month for an MMO subscription, but you can play that MMO all the time without playing other games. On the other hand, assuming you don’t have a ton of free time, buying a single game monthly (giving you 30+ days to finish a title which usually averages you 30-60 hours of gameplay if it’s a decent sized game) will cost you in the range of $30-60/month. If you game a lot, then you’re probably buying 2 or more games a month, spending upwards of $100+. When I was playing WoW seriously for the first two years I had a lot more money because I rarely bought other games as I didn’t need anything else. Now I’m blowing through games and blowing through money along with it.

The whole idea that monthly subscription fees for games are bad is just completely misinformed.

]]> By: Scrybe http://checkyourhud.com/world-of-warcraft-the-game-without-an-end/comment-page-1/#comment-6052 Scrybe Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:23:11 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=1725#comment-6052 A little off topic but related….I had a hard time committing to a monthly fee for WOW and also couldn't commit the time either (two small kids at home and a non-gaming better half). Yet I still found myself buying games for my console and never finishing them….annoying! I found a solution that worked for me and took care of two problems at once: #1 Letting unplayed games sit on my shelf #2 Wasting money buying and/or trading in games for little to no value on the trade. My solution? An online game trading website. I won't mention the name here because I don't want to advertise for anyone (Unless asked) but it works great for me. If I am not playing a game after a month or so I trade it away. If I miss it I can always trade back for it later. Values are maintained well above what you would get trading it in at a local game store. It also motivates me to beat new games quickly and trade them with little or no depreciation. Usually a good to great game will only depreciate about 0-10% in value within the first 3 months. After that it varies but I've seen games as old as a year with only 25-30% depreciation. Good solid games can hold steady at 50-60% of value that are 1-3 years old. In some cases older games will have a resurgence of value due to renewed demand/popularity. GOW 1 jumped right before GOW2 came out for example. So I'm motivated to play my new games (or used games) and if I'm not playing them I trade them away for other games I'm interested in playing. Works for me and dramatically cut down my spending on games and wasted shelf space. I think you should do a write up on online game trading vs. online rental sites vs. brick and mortar rental vs. buy and trading used at game stores. A little off topic but related….I had a hard time committing to a monthly fee for WOW and also couldn’t commit the time either (two small kids at home and a non-gaming better half). Yet I still found myself buying games for my console and never finishing them….annoying! I found a solution that worked for me and took care of two problems at once: #1 Letting unplayed games sit on my shelf #2 Wasting money buying and/or trading in games for little to no value on the trade.

My solution? An online game trading website. I won’t mention the name here because I don’t want to advertise for anyone (Unless asked) but it works great for me. If I am not playing a game after a month or so I trade it away. If I miss it I can always trade back for it later. Values are maintained well above what you would get trading it in at a local game store. It also motivates me to beat new games quickly and trade them with little or no depreciation. Usually a good to great game will only depreciate about 0-10% in value within the first 3 months. After that it varies but I’ve seen games as old as a year with only 25-30% depreciation. Good solid games can hold steady at 50-60% of value that are 1-3 years old. In some cases older games will have a resurgence of value due to renewed demand/popularity. GOW 1 jumped right before GOW2 came out for example.

So I’m motivated to play my new games (or used games) and if I’m not playing them I trade them away for other games I’m interested in playing. Works for me and dramatically cut down my spending on games and wasted shelf space.

I think you should do a write up on online game trading vs. online rental sites vs. brick and mortar rental vs. buy and trading used at game stores.

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