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Will this go free to play in about a year?
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Unfortunately, business software (i.e. where the REAL money is) is solidly moving to a "rent per usage" payment model. Paying a subscription to use Microsoft Office is already a reality (Office 365). Web-based apps are pushing hard in that direction as well.
The subscription model in games is not dead by any means, it's simply evolving.
What happens when you log off your characters????.....
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Add all Adobe products to that list - it's now called Creative Cloud. I'm a renter there because I've always kept-up with their updates so it makes sense for me (cheaper actually) got an awesome deal last fall on Lightroom + Photoshop.
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"Simple question for those who may be uniformed of how these games operate."
So, you are asking people who are uninformed about their opinion?
So poll. Such opinion. Much clue. Wow.
Yeah you like that.
Yeah because with alts and people playing whatever campaign is doing the best, (having a toon in every allaince of some campaign somewhere and maybe) there might be a thousand campaigns at launch. I am not positive how many characters a person can create. I would suspect at least 4 if not 6 or 8, so they could have toons in that many campaigns. Do some micky mouse math and multiply by the amount of people at release and it shoots up quickly. I suspect 700-1 million PC players at launch. I hear people talk about 2K as a campaign cap, I have never seen them say officially, but if that is the case there will be thousands of campaigns needed if people have alts in individual campaigns and there are that many people playing.
These are things we really dont know but from what they have said they can be predicted.
I don't know.
I don't want to see the death knell of subscription games but I do think subscription prices should start to come down pr content provided increasing. Bandwidth and servers are costing less and less.
Mhm.
Also subs should start first with being 5 dollars that would get P2P somewhere [IMO], 15 a month is not worth it for 1 videogame/virtual world(for those who love to seperate the two).
That would also make it easier to try out more MMOs that are P2P [IMO]
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P2P LOGIC = If it's P2P it means longevity, overall better game, and THE BEST SUPPORT EVER!!!!!(Which has been rinsed and repeated about a thousand times)
Common Sense Logic = P2P logic is no better than F2P Logic.
Agreed.
"Those who stay will be champions"
I get that.
FFXIV i paid upfront 6 months, and it's not the game, it's one of the better mmo's to come out in a long time, it's more i'm "fantasied" out. So what sucks is i have two months left and i don't have it in me to play atm, but in 3 months i might but the sting of being locked out well? I doubt i'll sub back up.
All along since launch i've been jumping in and out of swtor, even more so when it when F2P, i found their F2P pretty good as i earned credits and unlocked my toon.
Recently for whatever reason i really got back into swtor and subbed back up, it's the first time in a extremely long time where i felt the sub was worth it, i'm really into the game so bring down all the hurdles and lets play. But i know that when the time comes and i'm not as into it or get too busy, i can cancel my sub, and i'm not locked out.
So if SWTOR wasn't F2P would i be subbed back up atm? F2P isn't such a bad thing, i'm only tired of the facade that is put on as to cash in on box sales, lifetime subs whatever when they know F2P is coming.
Can't make a call this early.
TES has a big following, if they have enough subs they won't likely go F2P. Have no idea how this one will play out, esp with console players involved in the mix.
I personally would have liked to have seen a 3rd option of wait and see or something along those lines.
A lot of peeps probably have not even seen the game, and first hand experience is the main trigger. So I cannot answer yes or no until I have had that experience.
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Yes they have a huge following of single player gamers who are not used to the sub concept.
I think allot of the reasons SWTOR went f2p is a massive following of bioware single player fans don't want the pay monthly, specially when you aren't playing for a week or two then you feel "forced" (no pun intended) to play, yeah F2P is without question going to happen at some point.
Ahh man you got me, totally blew my cover.
Get used to it? If you think this sort of business model is acceptable then, by all means, 'get used to it'. The only reason why this happens is because we, the consumers, allow them to do so.