You thuck. ;)

I've got a brother and a sister. I hate being the oldest.

My god, $800 bucks. U lucky guy u.....damn thats alot of money.

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I'm 19 , living on my own and I conveniently borrowed 700 bucks from my mom just recently,

not to mention the thousands of dollars she spent keeping me in Calgary Alberta when I was in highschool away from home.

If my mom charged interest and I had to pay her back, I'd have to go bankrupt, heck, I'd be too poor to go bankrupt.

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Wow I check back only seven months and it goes from rejoicing in my apparent "loss." My care level at the time of a certain user's opinion was 0, and it stands as such. My platform for argue remains exactly the same. Money trap, plain and simple. Where in the world would MXO be if everybody said "hey, screw you I want an online game, no fees." Hmm, but there's always the adolescant that sits on a jittery seat whimpering that it'd never happen or its worth it, because they have a liberal view about how someone should have a job. Or how they have an "uncle" in the software business that works ont he servers for "MMO TITLE X" and its hard work. The other representative figure in all this is time management, if you think you can play video games, have a friend/family/intimate relationship life, and work/school/both, you've got a hell of a dedicated schedule. From personal experience it was never worth the 10 - 15 dollars a month. There are plenty of cheaper alternatives to MXO.
Speaking of which, the graphics aren't offering anything breathtaking, and from the videos I've seen, nothing new or inspiring, so if we end up with dated grahpics and a "huge" city, and just how submersive will the gameplay be? Anyone stop to think if it falls flat on its face, but its worth it to maybe 2% of the people that picked it up.

Mmm.....

You didn't understand MMP games then, and you don't now Snake. Matrix Online has been out for almost six months now and the game is still going strong. The people that don't want to pay the fee have already walked away, and the game has taken no hit whatsoever. With the upcoming changeover to Sony Online Entertainment, the game will only get more subscribers through the station passport. I love how you title this a "money trap" like the concept of a subscription fee for a massive game is entirely new and shocking to you. MMP games obviously aren't for everyone, I think this discussion proves that.

I'd like to know what kind of personal experience you had with MXO in October of 2004 when the game was released in February of 2005. There was no fee for playing the beta. They never tried to hype the game's graphics either. No MMP game does. If that's something you were interested in with MXO, you were missing the point entirely. That said, you obviously couldn't play the game with all settings on high or you'd have seen the detail of the city.

Bottom line is this: if people didn't want to pay for MMP games, they wouldn't be releasing half-a-dozen each year. You lose.... still.

ghost

PS: Thought you might find it interesting that Blizzard's World of Warcraft has 1.5 million subscribers alone. That couldn't be right though, nobody in their right mind would pay a monthly fee. oO

Now come on just buy the game it isnt that hard. the monthly fee is isnt bad you should just buy it and you will enjoy the game more. Unless you have no soul

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I was going to get it until i found out you have to pay to play i don't get it even now as it is £5

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