WoW Release Date Confirmed

[BrianKonarsMac]

Blizzard announced WoW will hit retail stores on Nov. 23rd, rejoice!

World Of Warcraft (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)

[risc]

Thanks for the heads up, time for me to pre-order I think!

[stevietheb]

Decisions decisions....

[shortyjj]

I've waited so long for this game, and on the verge of it being released...

It's $50 to purchase, and anywhere from $13-$15/month. Does this seem a little steep? Probably worthwhile for those people who spend their lives playing, but for the rest? You get a month free, so if you expect to be playing for six months, buy the multi-month pack and plan on dropping $128.

Ouch.

[Spike Spiegel]

I know I meet the minimum requirements listed on their site, but this is a question to those who played the beta. What kind of performance should I expect running a Dual 1GHz G4, w/ 1GB RAM, and an GeForce 4Ti w/ 128 MB RAM?

[xgsrpg]

I know I meet the minimum requirements listed on their site, but this is a question to those who played the beta. What kind of performance should I expect running a Dual 1GHz G4, w/ 1GB RAM, and an GeForce 4Ti w/ 128 MB RAM?

I can't tell you any specifics about your machine, but I can tell you it will definitely be playable/enjoyable, if not more. If you want to put it into perspective, I have a 1.5GHz PB G4 with Radeon 9700 128MB and 512MB of RAM, and I usually get 8-19FPS at 1280x854 res. With the extra RAM and some settings adjustment, I would say you could probably get it up into the 20s.

WoW is an interesting game, performance-wise. I was expecting my P4 2.26 (512MB RAM, Ti4600 128MB gfx card) to beat the pants out of my PowerBook, but it didn't. It got me around 17-29FPS. That's a lot better but I thought it would me much better.

[ijimk]

what are the rates per month? have they released that yet? :confused:

i know i will buy this game on day of release can you pre-order the collectors edition anywhere?

[srobert]

what are the rates per month? have they released that yet? :confused:

When it is released on November 23, the "T"-for-Teen-rated World of Warcraft will be available for both PC and Macintosh, and will retail for $49.99, which includes the first month of subscription fees gratis. From then on, the game will have a three-tiered subscription plan: $14.99 for month-to-month payments, $13.99 per month for purchasers of three-month blocks, and $12.99 per month for those who sign up for a six-month tour of duty. Fees can be paid by credit card, PayPal, or pre-paid game cards from game stores.

Ouch. yeah... a little expensive for a monthly fee. I might be wrong, but this monthly fee is the highest I've seen thus far for a MMORPG.

[xgsrpg]

Ouch. yeah... a little expensive for a monthly fee. I might be wrong, but this monthly fee is the highest I've seen thus far for a MMORPG.

If you are like most people and sign up for 6 or more months, $12.99 is not the highest fee.

Star Wars Galaxies charges $14.99 for 1-month and $12.99 a month for 6mo plans, also. Compared to other games, EverQuest charges $12.95/month for regular and $10.95 for 6mo plan. FFXI costs $12.95 for monthly, with no special bulk plans.

[shenysys]

Ouch. yeah... a little expensive for a monthly fee. I might be wrong, but this monthly fee is the highest I've seen thus far for a MMORPG.

If my memory servers me well, SOE charge about $20 per month for the legend server of Everquest

Shen.

[Drgnhntr]

I've waited so long for this game, and on the verge of it being released...

It's $50 to purchase, and anywhere from $13-$15/month. Does this seem a little steep? Probably worthwhile for those people who spend their lives playing, but for the rest? You get a month free, so if you expect to be playing for six months, buy the multi-month pack and plan on dropping $128.

Ouch.

I think that is way too much money for just one game. Also, I play games for years not months, and if I were to play this game as long as I have played Starcraft it will cost me over $800. When does it end? Is there any chance of a stand alone version?

[xgsrpg]

I think that is way too much money for just one game. Also, I play games for years not months, and if I were to play this game as long as I have played Starcraft it will cost me over $800. When does it end? Is there any chance of a stand alone version?

I agree with you. It is very expensive for a video game. However, most other big MMORPGS charge around the same ballpark for monthly pricing. I was hoping that Blizzard would be more reasonable than them, but obviously Blizzard is going to stick with the rest of the market now. Probably the publisher (Vivendi) also had some say in this matter. If all the other MMORPGs are charging $13-$15 a month, they know people will subscribe at the price. There's no reason for a big price drop.

[iZzle]

Last time I looked @ playing EQ it was 12.99 per month but that was one month subs. O well... Does anyone know about the "exclusive in-game pet" from the collectors edition? :confused: