Originally Posted by
JasonWuzHear
It's understood that our subscription goes towards content being developed. The items on the store is technically content that is being developed. So in a sense, it's as if Blizz is "double-dipping". That's where these people are coming from!
On the old WoW website it had a FAQ that explained the purpose of the subscription, in that it helped Blizzard maintain servers and helped produce patches.
Here's a list of game marketing models in reception from players, 1 being the best reception:
1. Free game, free everything (non-existant really)
2. Free game, pay for certain vanities
3. Free game, pay 2 win
4. Pay for game, free everything
5. Pay for game, pay for downloadable content
6. Free game, subscriptions, free content
7. Pay for game, pay for subscriptions, free content
8. Pay for game, pay for subscriptions, pay for cosmetic content <--- where WoW is at now
9. Pay for game, pay for subscriptions, pay to win. (non-existant too)