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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chzbro" data-source="post: 5388972" data-attributes="member: 83964">I do understand a lot of the negativity, but (and I say this with all respect) are all of your dollar bills worth more than mine are?My monthly DDI subscription costs less than one movie ticket. I have a hard time accepting that the value I get out of DDI (even now) is less than what I got out of sitting through the recent Clash of the Titans remake (although the nap I took in the middle was refreshing). Now I realize that not everyone goes to see one movie a month (although many of you see more), but I think that's a pretty apt comparison. Is DDI worth a little less than one trip to the cinema (sans popcorn or any other refreshment)? To me it is, and the quality is going to have to drop a heck of a lot more before I start thinking differently.DDI costs less than half of what I give to Netflix every month. And embarrassingly, I've been known to hang on to a disk for 5 weeks or so before getting around to watching it. DDI costs well under half of what most people pay for HBO for a month. How much HBO do you imagine most folks watch? DDI costs about half of what it costs to play WoW each month. Although some won't like that comparison, the number of hours of use per week are probably very similar. Even when I don't use DDI very much in a month, I assure you I pay well less than $1 an hour for what I do use (and this is true even for stretches when I only play and don't DM).DDI only costs a little over double what contributing to ENWorld costs. Of course, when Morrus announced ENWorld subscriptions, people complained bitterly about lack of value too. Of course, most people who subscribe here do so primarily to help support a site they love, but I know that doesn't fly with most hardened US consumers.But to put it in bluntest terms, a month of DDI costs about the same as what a lot of us spend for one lunch at a fast foot restaurant (granted, a big lunch with a Frosty on the side, but the fact remains). So if you think that you'd rather have a pair of Big Macs over a month of DDI, then I wholeheartedly agree that you should cancel your subscription. I would not.I want to emphasize that I'm not trying to tell anyone how to spend their money or that they aren't entitled to feel like DDI doesn't provide enough bang for the buck. It's just that my DDI subscription costs about the same for a month as 2.5 gallons of gasoline. I *need* the gasoline more, but I get more enjoyment out of my admittedly imperfect DDI sub. And since I don't have to choose one or the other, I'm happy paying for both.</blockquote>

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