Originally Posted by
alturic
Ok, so let's put it into "apples and apples" arguments and say, we also pay by the minute. If I'm not mistaken MOST of the chinese players use game-time cards, which are 300/600 minute variants for 15/30 chinese "dollars". If ANYTHING, the chinese are paying (if my math is correct, and in relative "dollars" to the US setup) .05/minute. We are paying (let's pretend everyone CAN play 16 hours a day over 30 days) .03/minute.
See what I did there? It's the same thing, minute by minute. Just because it's "billed" as MONTHLY charged in the US doesn't mean at a fundamental level it's not billed by minutes.