MMORPG Online Gaming Prices

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I hate having to dig through pages and pages of of an online game’s website in order to find out their monthly fee. I’m sure lots of other people do as well, so I’m collecting as many MMORPG prices as I can find and posting them here in alphabetical order.

Subscription prices are accurate as of 1st Nov 2005. Box prices are usually from either Amazon.co.uk or Play.com. Check current conversion rates through XE.com and don’t forget to multiply by 1.175 for VAT if prices are in US dollars!

City of Heroes
Box price: £14.99
Regular pricing plans:
1 month – £8.99
3 months – £23.99 = £7.99 per month
6 months – £44.99 = £7.49 per month
60-day time card – £17.99

City of Villains
Box price: £17.99
Regular pricing plans:
Free to people who already pay for City of Heroes.
Otherwise:
1 month – £8.99
3 months – £23.99 = £7.99 per month
6 months – £44.99 = £7.49 per month
60-day time card – £17.99

Everquest Live
RRP for box: US$4.99 from Sony’s online store
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT
Otherwise, no UK prices are listed so it all depends on the exchange rate at the time:
1 month – US$14.99
3 months – US$41.97
6 months – US$77.94
12 Months – US$143.88
24 Months – US$199.95

Everquest II
RRP for box: £9.97 from amazon.co.uk
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT
Otherwise:
1 month – US$14.99 + VAT = US$17.61
3 months – US$41.99 + VAT = US$49.34 = $16.45/month
6 months – US$77.99 + VAT = US$91.64 = $15.27/month
12 months – US$143.99 + VAT = US$169.19 = $14.10/month

Everquest Online Adventures (PS2)
RRP for box: £29.99
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT
Otherwise:
1 month – US$12.99 + VAT
3 months – US$34.99 + VAT
6 months – US$59.99 + VAT
12 months – US$89.99 + VAT

Guild Wars
Box price: £17.99
Regular pricing plans:
Free! Good, eh?

Lineage II
Box price: £14.99 (for Lineage 2 Chronicle 3 – doesn’t say if it requires the original Lineage II coz play.com’s tech specs are rubbish)
Regular pricing plans:
1 month – £8.99
3 months – £23.99 = £7.99 per month
6 months – £44.99 = £7.49 per month
60-day time card – £17.99

Planeshift
RRP for box: Free!
Regular pricing plans:
Free!

Planetside
RRP for box: $19.95 (Planetside:Aftershock which includes all previous versions)
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT.
Otherwise:
1 month – $12.99 + VAT
3 months – $36.00 + VAT
6 months – $65.00 + VAT
12 months – $120.00 + VAT

The Saga of Ryzom
RRP for box: $19.95 (Planetside:Aftershock which includes all previous versions)
Regular pricing plans:
Otherwise:
1 month – £8.49 (€12.90)
3 months – £22.90 = £7.63/month (€34.90/€11.63)
6 months – £43.29 = £7.22 /month (€65.79/€10.97)
12 months – £81.49 = £6.79/month (€123.90/€10.32)

Star Wars:Galaxies
RRP for box: £14.99 (Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience)
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT
Otherwise:
1 month – US$14.99 + VAT
3 months – US$41.99 + VAT
6 months – US$77.99 + VAT
12 months – US$143.99 + VAT

The Matrix Online
Box price: £9.97 from amazon.co.uk
Regular pricing plans:
Available through Station Access at US$21.99 + VAT
There is a Matrix-specific pricing plan but I can’t find it. FAQs are down while they move to Sony.

World of Warcraft
Box price: £24.99
Regular pricing plans:
First month is free, then:
1 month – £8.99 (€12.99)
3 months – £25.17 = £8.39 per month (€35.97/€11.99)
6 months – £46.14 = £7.69 per month (€65.94/€10.99)

Let me know what’s missing or out of date!