• Seasoned_Greetings@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    World of Warcraft ushered in the “games as a service” model, not the “pay to access online features” model. Warcraft doesn’t charge you for accessing the internet on your computer.

    If WOW was available on console, you’d be paying Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo as well as Blizzard. That’s the difference. They are similar, but WOW didn’t cause consoles to go pay only for online games.