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With the recent announcement of PS2's Final Fantasy XI: Online Another World being at a cheeper price at the cost of a subscription fee, it makes me (and im sure others) feel that hardcore fans of the series may be missing out unless you are ok with spending bucket-loads of dosh so you can keep playing.
Theres more, however, you would not only have to pay for the game and the subscription, but also the phone charges. Unless you have broadband (and here in the UK it is not common), you will be paying for your game 'by-the-minute' via phone charges. Anyone like me who can play such games for hours on end will be overrun by charges, making your average £40 game become £50 a month through phone bills.
This gaming strategy is fine for places like America where broadband is obtained for about the same price we pay for unmetered 56k access. Does anyone else agree that the UK isnt ready for an online gaming revolution? Or will all these costs be worth what we pay for?
The UK public already pays much more for everything else, such as Petrol, Cars, and Videogames. Should we have to put up with companies like BT overcharging us, with not much of an alternative, we dont have much of a choice...
Theres more, however, you would not only have to pay for the game and the subscription, but also the phone charges. Unless you have broadband (and here in the UK it is not common), you will be paying for your game 'by-the-minute' via phone charges. Anyone like me who can play such games for hours on end will be overrun by charges, making your average £40 game become £50 a month through phone bills.
This gaming strategy is fine for places like America where broadband is obtained for about the same price we pay for unmetered 56k access. Does anyone else agree that the UK isnt ready for an online gaming revolution? Or will all these costs be worth what we pay for?
The UK public already pays much more for everything else, such as Petrol, Cars, and Videogames. Should we have to put up with companies like BT overcharging us, with not much of an alternative, we dont have much of a choice...
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With the recent announcement of PS2's Final Fantasy XI: Online Another World being at a cheeper price at the cost of a subscription fee, it makes me (and im sure others) feel that hardcore fans of the series may be missing out unless you are ok with spending bucket-loads of dosh so you can keep playing.
Theres more, however, you would not only have to pay for the game and the subscription, but also the phone charges. Unless you have broadband (and here in the UK it is not common), you will be paying for your game 'by-the-minute' via phone charges. Anyone like me who can play such games for hours on end will be overrun by charges, making your average £40 game become £50 a month through phone bills.
This gaming strategy is fine for places like America where broadband is obtained for about the same price we pay for unmetered 56k access. Does anyone else agree that the UK isnt ready for an online gaming revolution? Or will all these costs be worth what we pay for?
The UK public already pays much more for everything else, such as Petrol, Cars, and Videogames. Should we have to put up with companies like BT overcharging us, with not much of an alternative, we dont have much of a choice...
Theres more, however, you would not only have to pay for the game and the subscription, but also the phone charges. Unless you have broadband (and here in the UK it is not common), you will be paying for your game 'by-the-minute' via phone charges. Anyone like me who can play such games for hours on end will be overrun by charges, making your average £40 game become £50 a month through phone bills.
This gaming strategy is fine for places like America where broadband is obtained for about the same price we pay for unmetered 56k access. Does anyone else agree that the UK isnt ready for an online gaming revolution? Or will all these costs be worth what we pay for?
The UK public already pays much more for everything else, such as Petrol, Cars, and Videogames. Should we have to put up with companies like BT overcharging us, with not much of an alternative, we dont have much of a choice...
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