Those free to play games might cost nothing, but they still got lots of people bringing in loads and loads of money. Otherwise they wouldn’t even exist in the first place, I’m willing to bet some of those free games even make more money than WoW does (because those actually are riddled with microtransactions to the point they’re often pay-to-win).

Also WoW announces their downtimes ahead and they’re part of the agreement you accept when buying into the game, which also includes extended downtime. There’s no way to maintain a game like that without downtime anyway, especially around new expansion launches and big events when it gets more hectic.

Also, just complaining how they “can’t get maintenance done in less than 9 hours” makes me believe you have absolutely no clue how insane the infrastructure behind these kind of games are. Especially those that have been running for nearly 20 years.

That’s about 2 cents an hour. If you really need your 18 cents back, I’d be willing to venmo it to you.

Because wow subscribers keep paying no matter what Blizzard does?

I mean, why offer anyone anything if they’re going to pay you regardless.

A F2P gatcha game is a little less sticky, so the maintenance compensation are part compensation and part marketing: it’s another reason for you to come back and play more.

I mean, why not?

People are paying for it, so they clearly enjoy it?

So if they credited you the $0.19 would you feel better? That’s what 9 hours at $15 a month works out to. 19 cents. Are you actually throwing this big a fit over 19 cents? That’s already rounded up by the way.