When it comes to MMORPGs, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Blizzard announced today that the game will now be free to download and play for the first 20 levels of the game.
World of Warcraft players can reach level 85, so the amount of content Blizzard Entertainment is making available for free is actually only a small fraction of the content available in the game. There is also an enormous amount of “end-game” content that is designed for players looking for additional challenges and better rewards once they reach level 85.
There’s still plenty of money to be had for the company once a player decides to move past level 20 as they will still need to buy all three expansion packs. With greater pull from other games, movies, and comic books, this seems like a good move by the company to keep its hold on the online gamer market.
For those who don’t play WoW, does this news make you want to check out the action, or are you too busy with City of Heroes and DCU Online to care?
via Venture Beat
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J Michael T says:June 29, 2011 at 9:20 amI am not a current WoW/MMORPG player and this has made me curious. Can I get some “Top 5″ recommendations that I should check out? And why? I may be heading to the forums after this :-)
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Stephen Schleicher says:June 29, 2011 at 9:34 am20 levels is a lot, though to be honest, you’ll blow through the first 10 levels in a few hours of heavy game play.
ReplyJ Michael T says:June 29, 2011 at 3:04 pmI need a note for my RWJ requesting time off for this task. Priorities!
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morpheus11 says:June 29, 2011 at 12:46 pmThis has me interested. If only I had a computer that could handle it.
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Bob Daugherty says:June 29, 2011 at 1:52 pmBlizzard is adopting the drug dealer marketing plan. The first hit of cybercrack is free.
ReplyJ Michael T says:June 29, 2011 at 3:02 pmheh. I may be hooked. darn.
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Xybec Katta says:June 29, 2011 at 4:34 pmActually, from what I hear, City of Heroes is going Free-To_play as well. I am liking the direction MMOs are going with the whole try before you buy idea. There aren’t a lot of hold outs for the old model now that is has been proven that micro-transactions work better. The proof is that Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online have both thrived after going F2P.
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