that's a lot of money - the WoW monthly subscription is only 13 euro, not 50 bucks, unless you have more than one account.
And i agree with the last bit - since software is data, it is sold under the provision of a contract (the eula), which prohibits piracy, reverse engineering, and the like - that's called intellectual property.
but talk about MY intellectual property.
If these companies think they have the right to inspect everything i do on my pc "just to make sure" i'm not doing anything they might not like - that's an intrusion into my privacy, and i'm with the hackers here.
Sure - you can chalki it up as yet another system requirement, but there is a line somwhere. A system requirement to USE the software most either have something to do tith the way the software works, or it must not exist.
Companies ask to upgrade your hardware, because as the graphics develop, and computers become more powerful, they want to take advantage of that by making the visuals more stunning, and the game code more complex, so the system specs must be high enough to cope with that.
Like i said - u want shiny colors, then you can't use a black&white monitor and wonder why the colors aren't displayed.
You want to play over the internet - have some internet.
You want to download a 3GB content patch for WoW - make sure you have those 3GB free on your drive.
Technical requirements are fine.
"this game offers no multiplayer and nothing is gained from being connected to the internet, but you will have to be connected anyway or we won't let you play the game" is not.
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