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Would you be willing to drop $200 on a AAA MMO if it meant getting a consistantly updated game with good support, and never having to worry about a monthly fee or cash shop?
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Absolutely not.
Look at those people who got burnt with lifetime subs in other games.
Give 200€ to some company and at same time lose all control ,not so good idea,people should learn from what Anet just did.
Sub is a must.
Let's internet
Yeah, would have to try a trial first.
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i dare say all these people coming up with these type of topic threads might be employees of gaming companies....
stop the crap. It has been many years already since the last mmo was worth even $15 a month, or more than $60 for a box.
Do you really think mmos are failing because they arent charging enough? It is exactly the opposite, the gaming companies now only breath money and want to charge for everything, or charge higher prices.
Anything they do now with much better quality than what we have now, its worth what they are currently charging. If you cant see and understand that then would you care to show us how much they are paying you for those idiotic posts?
Didn't vote as "it depends" wasn't an option.
I'd need to know the developer, the publisher and the principals before I dropped $200 on a game. And a trial.
+1
Unfortunately some of these forum users live in cloud cuckoo land.
Actually I think it's very reasonable for gaming companies and publishers to take polls like this in order to figure out how to market games. The world is changing, tech is changing, players are changing and it's hard to keep up with it all.
You sir or mam are brilliant. When I saw the title I just thought " Why dear god woiuld some one post this ". And you nailed what I was going to say, on the head.
$200 for a game? I won't pay that for ANY game. There are just too many good alternatives.
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$200 dollars for a game? I won't pay that for ANY game. All of the alternatives out there are shallow offerings that fail to hold my interest over the long haul.
I've been burned by paying for a 6 month sub for Rift and a 3 month sub for Tera and dropping out of both games in about 1.5 months.
No mas.
Even EVE, which I've gone back to several times and have almost 4 years playing time isn't worth this sort of deal, heck I might tire of it for good tomorrow.
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Yep I dropped $200 on the TSW lifetime as well, and I'd buy the LOTRO one if it was still available. The concept isn't new but OP is putting a new spin on it.
Just this once i'll totally agree with you, pretty much on all counts.
any gaming company employees reading this?
The OP's question is ridiculous - rather you should have asked - " is the gaming community gullible enough to make the same mistakes twice by paying lots of money up front?"
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Your mistake is to pay for 6 month when you don't know if you like it.
Secondly, i don't see why "long haul" is important. If you only pay $15 and have a fun month, and then leave, what is wrong with that?
Plus, there are so many f2p MMOs out there. If you play DDO for free for 2 hours and then you don't like it, will you feel cheated?
With a sub you are not in control either. Look what Rift did to Saboteurs 1 month after release. They got nerfed into oblivion because people were whining and complaining so much. A sub doesn't guarantee anything other than more cost.
I am at a wait and see with A.Net - the patch isn't out and we shall see what happens.
Well, you got part of the deal, but did still get stuck with a cash shop. Way of the new world order I'm afraid.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon