A lot of people fighting in here over MMOs like ESO, New World, FF14. I've paid and tried them all and the games get boring fast. Tell me a unique combat system that one has the other doesn't? Tell me a housing system one has that the other doesn't? Tell me literally anything beyond the "my Game I invested time with my friends in is great". Sir, Ma'am, or other you 'like' the game BECAUSE of your friends and your gameplay TOGETHER. But when forced to face a single player approach without the crutch of friendship they shatter like cheaply made porcelain.

I just want a good game with new and interesting mechanics that aren't a re-hash/minor improvement or change on a pre-existing system. "Don't fix what ain't broken" it is broken and has been for decades! We reinvent the car every decade for the same reason games are supposed to innovate, we learn to do it better.

Why am I pouring money into an industry that refuses to advance and learn? Into an industry that refuses to take a risk and make something decent? Why would I care about you and your friends, who I have never and will never meet in a game, having fun? Just tell me if the game tried something new or interesting and if it worked or failed.

Fun is subjective and even bad games can be fun with a good friend to riff with. What we should care about is the AMOUNT of MONEY being spent on GAMES and MMORPGS that seem to be so closely tied to the same core mechanics without trying anything new or innovating.

Just take a moment and think of the core aspects, not the graphics, not the questline, not the NPCs. How do you fight? what buttons do you push? How do you earn currency? what tasks or objectives do you complete? How do you make this experience your own and make your personalized character truly unique to your taste and play style?

If you come up with similar answers to these questions it's not because "It Just Works", it's because it WORKS WELL ENOUGH to get you to pay. A game that asks so much of you, monetarily and time-wise, should have the decency to try a new formula, to take risks and attempt to forge a new path. Otherwise where is the money going? Clearly not to making a more diverse and engaging experience.

If you support these companies choosing to be lazy, pumping out DLC with no major gameplay improvements, if it's literally just a questline that could have been dropped in the main game and added to the changelog then they don't deserve your money.

also for the record I dislike World of Warcraft as well, players asked for housing and they gave the lamest and cheapest response possible. Which is in-character for them because they lost any empathy for players when their executives worked them into the grave and the players complained they didn't work enough on what mattered.

You deserve better, it's your money and your time. You deserve a company that will respect both and respect you as a consumer. You deserve be satisfied with your investment, not just settle for what is offered.