I just watched a video of a seminar on how to make money on free to play games. One of their main points was to get players so invested in the game that they feel that they have to keep investing or they are wasting their money. IE Buying premiums that are way better than last premiums so that you stay relevant in a game that you have a lot of money and time invested in. They referred to whales as the target demographic. Whales are people who spend more than a thousand dollars on a game. At first I thought this was stupid because who would spend that on a game? Then I thought about it and realized I am that guy. The video I watched then made fun of idiots who spend this much on one video game.
My thoughts are this. I average 60 hours a month on WOT and my average spending has been probably 40 dollars a month. The way I see it is I get 1 hour of enjoyment/rage per 66 cents. To me that is a value.
Why am I making this post? I guess to try and make myself not feel like the idiot they said I was for spending the money I have spent.