WoW: No f2p

Blizzard has announced that their top MMO, World of Warcraft will not be going free-to-play. Blizzard's Mike Morhaime seems to be very confident of their product describing WoW's subscription fee as unmatches. He also commented on Star Wars The Old Republic comparisons.

If you are dreaming about World of Warcraft being free to play like Star Trek or Age of Conan one day, sorry to shatter those dreams. The reality is, Blizzard has no plans to go free to play with WoW.

According to the news on Eurogamer  Blizzard's president Mike Mohraime said:

"I don't think you can get that amount of entertainment value anywhere. I'd put the $15 up against anything.

"I think that there's an underlying, a fundamental assumption right now, that the less you charge, the more money you make. Which isn't true. And it doesn't necessarily make for a better game. I mean, everybody likes free... I think that definitely, players have seen a lot of really great quality free-to-play experiences, but I'm not sure it's the best model for us right now."

When he was reminded of John Smedley's words, (Sony Online's CEO) Mohraime said:

"I think it is a very difficult market to compete in, I think it's very expensive to make these games, especially if you're expecting people to pay a monthly fee just to play the game," he said.
"And so there are very few companies that can compete at that high level with those types of budgets.

 

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