Re: SOMEONE agrees with me on price!!

lcpltom wrote:

As for Asian servers, its my understanding that administration of
those servers was sub-contracted to an Asian company, so Blizzard
doesn't administer them directly. Also, its my understanding, that in
Asia they don't have they same play options we do. They can't pay a
flat fee for a month of service, they have to purchase the pre-paid
game cards. So when/if they have downtime, they don't pay for that
time, as they have to use the game cards.

Wikipedia explains it well:

" In South Korea, there is no software package or CD key requirement to activate the account. In order to play the game, however, players need to purchase time credits online via credit card or the ARS billing system. The minimum gameplay duration that a player can purchase via credit card is five hours. A player may also purchase game time by thirty hours or by increments of one week. A player also has the option of purchasing game time by one, three, or six months of gameplay at once for a slight discount.

"In China, because a large number of the players do not own the computer they use to play games (e.g. Internet cafes), the CD keys required to create an account can be purchased independently of the software package. In order to play the game, players must also purchase prepaid game cards that can be played for 66 hours and 40 minutes. A monthly fee model is not available to players of this region."

So it's much more common in Asia to buy actual playtime, as opposed to calendar-measured access time.

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Christopher Adams
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