User blog comment:CCoville/Is it worth it spending $$$ on a free-to-play game?/@comment-3213322-20110222183119

You bring up some of the things I appreciate about the free to play model. Appreciate not so much in the fact that "the man" is going to get my money anyways, but in the utter brilliance of the model as a money making scheme.

I don't consider the money wasted, however, especially not as a console gamer. If I'm willing to spend 50 dollars on a game which I'll be done with forever within a month, I certainly don't feel bad about the ~30 I've funneled into this game. It's a bloody good game and this nonsense takes up all of my spare time. I've a fairly moderate grasp of economics and I understand that I'm effectively saving money with all the games I won't be spending money on to feed my gaming addiction this year because I'm happy enough strolling through the Summoner's Rift an hour or two a day.