I find it amusing that people think that by posting their "common sense" everyone else will see the light and say, "Oh.. that's how it should be. Thanks (whoever)"
What's even more funny is that I am about to do the same thing.
The bottom line is finances. Pay the bills or go out of business. So, let's say you have this business running and you have so many customers that pay you $30.00 to enjoy the service your business provides. You allow about 260 people to enjoy your service at any one time, but usually there is only 200 or so at the most.
You might be making good money, but some more wouldn't hurt. You might be struggling and need some more income.
So, say 15 to 20 people come to you and say, "we'll all join if you let us pay $15.00" Well, that's the equivelent of 7.5 to 10 full price customers... another $225.00 to $300.00.
Well that will sure help pay the bills a little better. If you were $200 short every month, and it was your business, would you take the money or keep dealing from your own pocket?
People have brought up the Bandwith issue. More players is more bandwith. Sure, but only if the arena were full all the time right? Then you would need more bandwith. HTC pays for 260 players worth of bandwith for the MA right now. Does that number ever change?
Someone else made a comment about $/hour for playing and compared to other activities. If you play for 100 hours in a month, you pay $0.30/hour. That's a good deal. If you only play 30 hours, that's $1.00 per hour. That's still a pretty good deal. There is not much else in this world you can pay $1.00/hour for as far as entertainment goes.
The whole price dicounts thing has been talked to death. Let's all play for free, then HTC will go broke, then we'll have no more Aces High. That would be fun
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Midnight13th TAS[/i]
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