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While I'm not against the potential market, I doubt many people would be satisfied with what they'd end up seeing in an “hourly rate” example. You're not going to see something like “86 hours for $15″ like some advocates figure by doing the math of 20/week (“average” mmo play) * 4.3 weeks/month. You'll be lucky to get 30 for $15… probably closer to 25. The subscription fees do cover some costs that scale with the user (things like bandwidth) but other costs- like maintaining a customer support staff or server administrators- are there regardless of the user base, and to cover these with a more irregular payment system, you have to include bigger margins.
This also has a strong impact on the social structure of the game- and what kind of gameplay your group will find appealing. If I'm paying an hourly rate, I'm going to feel that clock ticking the moment I log on. Waiting to assemble a group raid will be out of the question. Heck, “wasting time” socializing in guild chat is time that's not earning me anything in-game. Those activities will be moved out-of-game, to other social spaces that don't cost me money. The game's just someplace to log in for quick action. As a sizable number of MMO'ers list “the community” as one of the things that keep them playing, that's a dangerous dynamic to mess with.
Finally, this can actually have a dangerous impact on retention. LEAVING an MMO is tough for a socially-connected player to do unless the whole social group decides to leave to the next MMO together. Moving the core social space out-of-game makes the decision easier. Giving a low-impact alternative like this can make it even easier (“I'm not quitting, just switching to the hourly rate. I'll be on less, but still around.”)
Because of all this, I have my doubts about the hourly-rate model. It may bring in more players, but not necessarily more revenue.
Also, how much free time do you NEED to justify $15/month? That's one afternoon at the movies, after all.
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