Oooops, WOW originally Planned to be free?

[ebaijko]

WoW was first conceived as free to play, being supported by advertising. However, the non-subscription business...

Free to Play WoW? (http://news.mmosite.com/content/2008-06-25/20080625001003599.shtml)

F2p and ads, how it would be if wow goes in this way? One thing i am sure that would be even more idiots playing.

[DannyTheDonk]

haha, if they would have went that way it wouldnt be the multi million dollar profit company it is today.

[aooga12]

holy shat.... man that would make the game 10x better... because they way it works in my head with wow, i dont fool around on that game... cause i'm paying monthly for it... i don't want to be playing monthly for somehting i'm pissing around on, basically what i'm trying to say is i'm trying to get the most outta my money. but this says fuck around... and i like it... DO0 IT!

[NTR]

When you look at an RPG, it's going to be, at most, 2 of the following 3 things:
1. Good
2. Online
3. Free

[sprak_]

free = hacking ruins the game

[rand0m]

Yeah and Epic originally decided to make Gears of War a game about ponys ... but like Blizzard they didn't and ended up with the best results.