The stupid business model.

I bought a copy of Everquest II yesterday and it got me thinking about why I have to go to my game store to buy a MMO. When I have installed the thing it starts to update itself for a few hours. I have to download the complete game again. Why did I have to go to the store at all if I have to download it from the net anyway. This business model makes me kind of angry. Are the game company’s making me pay several times for the same game?

The more social MMO´s are free to download. Second life, There and others. But when I want to kill goblins I have to take a trip to my nearest game store. Of course there is Entropia. Maybe I just stick to killing strange animals and explore.