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It's wild that they get away with charging for it (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

World of Warcraft ushered in the "games as a service" model, not the "pay to access online features" model. Warcraft doesn't charge you for accessing the internet on your computer.

If WOW was available on console, you'd be paying Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo as well as Blizzard. That's the difference. They are similar, but WOW didn't cause consoles to go pay only for online games.