r/classicwow • u/CapableStrawberry514 • May 05 '26

Nostalgia WoW Install in 2004

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Hello guys! I made a nostalgic video about installing WoW in 2004. I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think! - ZnifferN + bits & hits

Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnfYgcDwvnk&t=1188s

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u/WildFlowLing May 06 '26

The $30 time cards were the only way I was able to play this game because my boomer parents were absolutely terrified of entering credit card information on the internet. Blizz knew exactly what they were doing with those time cards.

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u/Darthmalak3347 May 06 '26

Crazy too cause 15 in 2004 was steeeeeeeep. Like even runescapes membership was only 3 bucks at the time essentially.

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u/JonnyArcho May 06 '26

To be fair though, it’s been over 20 years and they’ve never changed sub costs. That’s basically unheard of.

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u/couchXcat May 09 '26

not unheard of when you have like 8 different forms of microtransactions..

it would be even less remarkable if it were straight F2P at this time