Is World of Warcraft expensive

Answer 1

Blizzard Entertainment (the developers of World of Warcraft) recently made a change to its pricing, so it is not to terribly expensive for new people to start playing.

Vanilla WoW (the original, base game), The Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King are now all included in the WoW: Battle Chest for just $20. Cataclysm is $40 and the latest expansion, Mists of Pandaria is $40.00. That is $100 to get the full experience of World of Warcraft. Plus the $15 each month for a subscription.

Now, whether or not this is expensive mostly depends on your idea of expensive. Sure, for new players it can be sorta daunting, but you do not need to get the entire full game at once. You can get the Battle Chest first, play that to see if you like the game. Then you upgrade. If you still like it, upgrade to the latest version.

As for the $15 each month, that is no more expensive that going to see a movie ... once, or going to a fast food joint .... once. $15 buys a whole lot of play time each month.

Answer 2

World of Warcraft being expensive is a matter of relativity based on lifestyle and income as for some individuals it may be quiet inexpensive.

The costs for World of Warcraft are carefully planned so that the company (Blizzard) is able to pay the salaries of it's many employees, production cost, technology costs, equipment, upkeep and many other factors as well as make a significant profit.

From looking at research of the amount of people who have purchased this game, the total subscription, average cost of equipment and amount of employers they have it shows that they make nearly a 50% profit, which most of it is not spent.