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#1 DjPush

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:23 PM

I added up all the money I have spent on MWO (All top tier packs and MC) and then devided that by the number of days I have had an active account. It costs me 85 cents per day to play this game. WORTH IT! I plan to make it at least a $1.50/day. Gimme stuff to buy!


I chose not to feed the starving children in Samalia.

Edited by DjPush, 22 April 2015 - 12:23 PM.


#2 CDLord HHGD

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:32 PM

Got me thinking....

I bought my Founders pack on Oct. 29, 2012. Since then I have spent $1,320.00 between mech packs and MC injections (haven't bought Wave III yet).

So, it's been 905 days with a total of $1320. That's an average of.... $1.46/day.

Worth it indeed good sir!

#3 Revis Volek

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:36 PM

For less then a dollar a day you too can be a mechwarrior with all the new shiny and complain when they get nerfed into oblivion! :D

It really does put it into perspective for you....it really is quite worth it to me as well even at $2.00 a day I'd still be here.

Edited by DarthRevis, 22 April 2015 - 12:36 PM.


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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:44 PM

I guess the question that needs to be asked is: Do you guys play every single day? Or is actually the price several times higher if you only count the days that you do play?

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:49 PM

I play for an hour or two EVERY day before bed.

#6 Sarlic

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:53 PM

I rather was my clothes for $1 per week.

Did i sound cynical?

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:55 PM

View Postcdlord, on 22 April 2015 - 12:32 PM, said:

I bought my Founders pack on Oct. 29, 2012. Since then I have spent $1,320.00 between mech packs and MC injections (haven't bought Wave III yet).

So, it's been 905 days with a total of $1320. That's an average of.... $1.46/day.

Worth it indeed good sir!

I got into Closed Beta before the Oct 29 launch of the Founders program, and haven't spent quite as much as you. In my case it's almost all packs - I've only spent $100 on MC (2 x $50) other than the various packs that I've purchased.

I'm looking at $0.875 per day.

#8 CDLord HHGD

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:56 PM

View PostTorgun, on 22 April 2015 - 12:44 PM, said:

I guess the question that needs to be asked is: Do you guys play every single day? Or is actually the price several times higher if you only count the days that you do play?

Not every day and not for about a month now as I am dealing with real life things. But, considering what I spent on other MMOs, even with the "activity inflation" is worth it.

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:58 PM

View PostTorgun, on 22 April 2015 - 12:44 PM, said:

I guess the question that needs to be asked is: Do you guys play every single day? Or is actually the price several times higher if you only count the days that you do play?


Do you watch TV and talk on your phone every day? Do you use every service you pay for every single day? If not, then this is a comparable situation.

My average is $1.85/day.

Cheers.

#10 Suko

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 12:58 PM

You people are f*cking insane. $1000+ for a video game that's NOT a dedicated arcade cabinet or collectible!? Good Lord. If MWO shut down next month, you will have NOTHING but screenshots to be nostalgic about.

That said, thanks for paying for this game to be playable by the rest of us. I've spent ~$200 on this game and that seems absurd to me. However, I bet my income is 1/4 what yours is, so it's all relative I suppose.

#11 Revis Volek

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:00 PM

View PostTorgun, on 22 April 2015 - 12:44 PM, said:

I guess the question that needs to be asked is: Do you guys play every single day? Or is actually the price several times higher if you only count the days that you do play?


I play at LEAST 5 days a week and a few matches to a few hours each session.

If i have have Premium time active i will make a point to play each day for the 30 days its active.

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:01 PM

View PostSuko, on 22 April 2015 - 12:58 PM, said:

That said, thanks for paying for this game to be playable by the rest of us. I've spent $200 on this game and that seems absurd to me. However, I bet my income is 1/4 what yours is, so it's all relative I suppose.

You're welcome. :)

And yes, it's all relative.

#13 CDLord HHGD

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:05 PM

View PostRoadkill, on 22 April 2015 - 01:01 PM, said:

You're welcome. :)

And yes, it's all relative.

^^ What this guy said.... :D

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:17 PM

View PostSuko, on 22 April 2015 - 12:58 PM, said:

You people are f*cking insane. ... If MWO shut down next month, you will have NOTHING but screenshots to be nostalgic about.


I guess that's exactly like
  • Movie Theaters
  • Cable TV
  • Netflix
  • Playstion PLUS
  • Xbox LIVE
  • Any sports event
  • Mini golf
  • Go carts
  • Going to a bar
  • MMO subscriptions
  • basically, nearly everything
You buy the experience and not the product.

Personally, I like being treated like a VIP when I choose to spend my money and PGI does a fairly decent job of that with exclusive windows of availability and customization.

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:18 PM

Anyone else remember $3-6/HOUR for EGA & Solaris? MWO is a steal!


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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:21 PM

View PostRAM, on 22 April 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

Anyone else remember $3-6/HOUR for EGA & Solaris? MWO is a steal!


RAM
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I paid $1/minute for Firestorm at D&B's......

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:26 PM

View PostSuko, on 22 April 2015 - 12:58 PM, said:

You people are f*cking insane. $1000+ for a video game that's NOT a dedicated arcade cabinet or collectible!? Good Lord. If MWO shut down next month, you will have NOTHING but screenshots to be nostalgic about.

That said, thanks for paying for this game to be playable by the rest of us. I've spent ~$200 on this game and that seems absurd to me. However, I bet my income is 1/4 what yours is, so it's all relative I suppose.

Conversely... There are people who purchase $3.00 cups of coffee every flipping day of their lives and don't bat an eye. Yet there is no long-term intrinsic value of that cup of coffee either.

I stopped drinking coffee for MW:O... since I average around $1.50 a day... I'm actually saving money now! :P

Edited by DaZur, 22 April 2015 - 01:27 PM.


#18 CDLord HHGD

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:31 PM

View PostDaZur, on 22 April 2015 - 01:26 PM, said:

Conversely... There are people who purchase $3.00 cups of coffee every flipping day of their lives and don't bat an eye. Yet there is no long-term intrinsic value of that cup of coffee either.

I stopped drinking coffee for MW:O... since I average around $1.50 a day... I'm actually saving money now! :P

Only $3?? I know people who spend $7 + a pack of smokes every day..... I can't smoke or drink coffee so I play video games. :P

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:42 PM

It's the principle of the matter to me.

This game...any game is simply not worth that much.

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 01:47 PM

View PostThe Ripper13, on 22 April 2015 - 01:42 PM, said:

It's the principle of the matter to me.

This game...any game is simply not worth that much.


Then that is your prerogative, but for the rest of us, we have no problem spending large sums of money over an equally large amount of time. I mean, I have spent money on 3 packs so far (Resistance, wave I and II.) and bought a couple hundred dollars of MC. That's about 1000 dollars as soon as I finish my wave III pack. And I have spent around 400 in CS:GO on cases (God I have an addiction to those.) and I won't even bat an eye as a college student with a part time job, because the value OVER time is worth much more to me than the instantaneous value then.





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