[QUOTE="Johnny_Rock"]It's a lot of fun. If you can afford 15 measly dollars a month. Less than a movie and popcorn.... once a month. Just get a job. Seriously.lokstah
It doesn't really work that way, Johnny--or at least not that simple. It's about value, and value is complicated.
You could tell me that a single stick of cinnamon gum only costs $5--I mean, what's $5 every now and then? Even if I could afford to drop $5 on gum every now and then, I'd prefer to stick with my usual peppermint, because it's excellent, and it costs under $1 for a big pack of it.
I've never played a MMORPG which is stunningly better than the best single player games on my shelf, and each of those cost me between $25 and $50... once. That $40 can carry me for months, or even years, if the game is top notch. So it's not whether or not I can afford $15 a month. It's whether or not I can afford to spend $15 a month (plus an original purchase price) for as long as I want to enjoy a game which brings me no more pleasure than the $40 game on my HDD.
Do the math. Buy it for $45, and play it for a year or so. You've likely spent over $200 playing WoW. Over the course of a year, $200 is no big deal next to rent, car payments, and so on, but it's astronomical when most of the best games out there cost a one-time fee of $40-$50.
Bottom line? It's not about affordability. It's about value. If WoW is really that much better to you than Company of Heroes, or Medieval 2, or Dark Crusade, or Half Life 2, or Guild Wars, then by all means, spend away. For me, it just doesn't make sense.
For you to understand MMO's you need to play one for some time. Part of the joy to be found in MMO's is in the community, after while it's like your playing with a family. 
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