the vast number of people you interact with from all over the world. in both cases we are paying for the added "fun"
Hmmm.... I used to play Counterstrike _constantly_... I interacted with people from all over the world... I still chat from time to time with a chap from Norway who called himself Tor... I never paid a penny after buying the origonal software... Which takes us back to the origin of our discussion... Why do people pay to play a computer game online?