It not unfair at all for Webzen to charge a fee for this game (which they will.)
It costs a LOT of money to maintain the massive data farms and the facilities that house those computers. The sales of the game itself won't even come close to satisfying the cost of those servers.
It is ridiculous to think that X360 players won't be paying a fee, either. I can't even remember how many times I've heard the justification of, "Well, I pay for gold already, I should't have to pay to play online for another game."
Well, Webzen doesn't see a dime of that incredibly measly $50 a year that XBL players pay. They are going to charge because they don't care that you are paying Microsoft, they aren't getting the money to run those servers from Microsoft.
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