Should games sell upgrades to skip the effort of playing?

[James]

Should games sell upgrades to skip the effort of playing?

World of Warcraft now offers level 90 character boosts for $60 (R648.00) – is this fair to the loyal players?

[Snare]

Kind of defeats the object of the idea of gaming.

[ave]

wait they thought it would be awkward to buy two copies at $50 each, but then charge $60 for the boost. I don't know hey, but blizzard isn't the same company it was pre world of warcraft days. It seems like their focus has shifted to maximizing profit even at the expense of game play.

[Crzwaco]

The more I see this the more games goes on my wait till they release everything for the low low price.
Ea games has been doing this for a while and people still buy it.

[Mister 44]

I have a great business idea. Why not release special "Gold" editions of games that only feature the cut scenes and the credits. Lazy gamers can buy it a finish the game within an hour or two without touching a keyboard or controller.
Just remember to charge $10 more than the regular edition or nobody will take it seriously.

[PsychoFish]

Bleh, they might as well just create DLC that enables God mode and Auto-Play

[Tom]

Iv never played WOW, but from what I understand they generally increase the max lvl when they release an expansion with a new "story mode" whick kind of makes sense to me... You dont want to be playing a game for so much longer not lvling up at all...

[Grievous]

Makes sense to me. I had the most fun with my maxed character. If I played WoW still I would consider it, I couldn't be bothered getting a 2nd character to the max level again. Very miss-leading title, considering there is tons of content once you reach the max level. I actually find the grind before the worse part about WoW.

[Snare]

Makes sense to me. I had the most fun with my maxed character. If I played WoW still I would consider it, I couldn't be bothered getting a 2nd character to the max level again. Very miss-leading title, considering there is tons of content once you reach the max level. I actually find the grind before the worse part about WoW.

If you have already done the effort once then I think you have earned the right to have a max level Character out the gate, (a New Game + if you will). However I cannot condone it for the people whom decide to do this off the bat.

[Grievous]

If you have already done the effort once then I think you have earned the right to have a max level Character out the gate, (a New Game + if you will). However I cannot condone it for the people whom decide to do this off the bat.

I think people should be allowed to enjoy a game how ever they want. Personally the Grind in WoW is the worse part of the game, I think this is more a mistake on Blizzards part, its takes far to long to max your character, and they just keep extended it.