How Many Playing MMOs Today Would Still Play Them If They HAD To Pay?

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• Damon UncommonPosts: 170

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I prefer the subscription model. There are F2P games that I would not pay a subscription to play. However, I also don't play them when they are F2P. If the game is good enough, I'll play it (subscription or not).
  
• Buccaneer UncommonPosts: 654

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  It depends on the game.  At the moment I'm subbed to SWTOR and before that I was subbed to EQ2.  I enjoy the games and the small fee is worth lifting some of the restrictions.  Other games like AA and Neverwinter I wouldn't touch with a barge pole.
  
• hallucigenocide RarePosts: 1,015

  September 2015 edited September 2015 Answer ✓

  VestigeGamer said:

  hallucigenocide said:

  if the fee wasn't unreasonable and i was enjoying the game sure i'd have no problem paying.

  Looking at MMOs you play right now (hopefully enjoying them), how would you answer?  For example, would you pay a $15 monthly fee?  Nothing expensive.
  

  if i was actively playing something atm then sure no problem. most of the games i've played have had a sub so it's not really anything new and strange to me.
  
  i normally play 1 game at a time. had i been like mister DMKano i might have had a different opinion.

  I had fun once, it was terrible.
  
• Kyleran LegendaryPosts: 43,498

  September 2015 edited September 2015 Answer ✓

  I'm firmly in the pay for my games, Loktofeit said it was hardwired into my generation or something, and I think he's right, I've never really enjoyed a F2P game ever, except for a DAOC freeshard, and I still always felt like I should be donating them money or something.
  
  I am in the rare camp of only playing one MMORPG at a time (no other games) and having multiple accounts if it worthwhile to do so.  In DAOC back in the day I had 4 accounts, WOW I had 3 and currently in EVE I have 5 and am getting ready to open a 6th this weekend.
  
  Even more important, I don't PLEX my accounts, I pay cash, one year annual subs for all 5 accounts, though this new one will likely be month to month as I start out.
  
  So yes, I enjoy paying for my games, not even sure I can ever enjoy a F2P title.
  

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• Salvadorbard UncommonPosts: 100

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I have no issues paying to play for a quality game. I paid $30 a month to play Avalon for years and years before buying a lifetime. I sub to Wow, etc. I don't see what the big deal is paying $10-30 a month for unlimited hours entertainment. inb4 disappointing content. To that I say: If you don't like it, don't pay OR play!
  

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• Theocritus LegendaryPosts: 9,751

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I paid for a handful of MMOs from 2000-2006.....I pretty much hit the wall at that point and decided I wasnt going to ever pay a monthly again......I spent way too much during that time span and now I just look for good free games or other options that arent so costly.
  
• Madimorga UncommonPosts: 1,920

  September 2015 edited September 2015 Answer ✓

  I keep TRYING to throw money at MMOs long term, but none hold my attention very long lately. I want to sub and stay subbed to one MMO for many happy years. I want to celebrate sappy anniversaries with touching, humorous gifts and mementos. I want to log in every day to stay connected and loaf around happily in my chosen game world's embrace. I want to enjoy the sweet, sweet reunion of a week apart after an internetless vacation.
  
  I want to feel the same love I felt for my first MMO without going back to my first MMO (poor decrepit, unkempt old thing). I want a healthy relationship with my cherished MMO, I truly enjoy the commitment, monogamy, and even a reasonable expense.  Alas, the newcomers are not worthy.  They are not worthy!
  
  Edit:  And why are they not worthy?:
  
  Because they are gold diggers!
  Because they are relentlessly shallow!
  Because they try to boss me around and control my every choice and movement and who I hang out with and who I don't!
  Because they are charmless copycats of each other who chase popularity rather than substance!
  Because they are overly influenced by people with degrees in psychology and with MBAs.
  
  

  

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• Wizardry LegendaryPosts: 19,332

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  So happens the only two mmos i am playing are both subscription ...EQ2 FFXi.
  
  So there is no ifs ands it is happening right now.

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• raven7680 UncommonPosts: 21

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I'm currently playing TERA and will definitely be subbing very soon. I prefer to sub to a game even when it is F2P. That said one of the nice things about there being so many F2P mmos I have the chance to try as many as I want and when one hooks me I make it my home. 

  

  
  
• rojoArcueid EpicPosts: 10,722

  September 2015 edited September 2015 Answer ✓

  I dont play a game because its free, i play it because i enjoy it. However, me enjoying a game does not mean i think it's worth a continuous subscription. On the other hand, i would totally buy the game if the company announce its becoming B2P with a smaller cash shop.
  

  
  
  
  
  
• TyranusPrime UncommonPosts: 306

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I prefer a subscription-based game personally, as paying a sub is pretty much what I've done since the beginning of MMOs.. I just assume it as part of the cost of keeping my habit running and adding new content.. Mind you, I don't mind a free-to-play now and then, but I abhor item malls, so its always hit or miss with me..
  

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• blackhawk432 UncommonPosts: 138

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  Gardavsshade said:

  I pay for most MMOs I play. Most time it is some sort of Sub, once in a while it's a cash shop coin card like TPs or CCs for example. I pay Prem for Wurm, pay for 2 accounts of LotRO, used to pay for SWTOR... but not anymore (Bioware you sank my Republic! No Soup for You!), I pay for the odds and ends MMOs I play every so often when I will play a MMO for a month or two or three. Soon an Indy project or two will be getting support from me as well, not because I think their MMOs are ready for prime time but to keep the creative wheels turning, and because I appreciate their efforts.
  
  I believe it is fitting and respectful to compensate others for providing something I enjoy, such as a MMO Service, thus I win and they win. I also show by paying subscriptions that I am not some selfish twit that cares about only myself.
  
  I am not a fan of Capitalism, far from it, but Devs don't make economic policy, they make games, and they need to eat like I do. Paying them for their work takes care of their needs as well as my own desires for good MMO entertainment.
  

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  Now back on topic, currently only paying for Runescape but if a few of the F2P games that I play would go P2P I would pony up some money for them.
  
  Its easier to say no thanks to the big AAA titles but I'm much more careless with the indie games. They need the money to continue. 
• Deivos EpicPosts: 3,692

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  Considering I still do pay in many of them, I'd probably be ok with it.

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• skeaser RarePosts: 4,180

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I prefer paying. When I play an MMO with an optional sub, I sub.
• KenFisher UncommonPosts: 5,035

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I don't really have an answer.  Some I gladly pay for.  Others, no way.
  
  Depends on the game and the price.
• Chrisbox UncommonPosts: 1,729

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I've always played and supported sub based games, never dabbled with cash shops or b2p except for guild wars.  With a sub system in place you create a link with players/devs that gives immediate feedback.  Good patch comes out? Subs will rise.  Bad content comes out? Subs will fall.  
• BMBender UncommonPosts: 827

  September 2015 edited September 2015 Answer ✓

  The payment model to me has always been less important than the return I get in game play for the $ I spend.  I have largely been disappointed in f2p games in this respect.  As some have stated already in this thread subs do offer an immediate and concrete form of feedback that spans your entire player base.  With f2p they all seem to devolve into some form of whale worship that works for a time untill there is no  population left other than whales; and once they have no one left to show how uber they are, then they leave.
  
  There is also the fact that a consistent revenue stream via subs lets a team budget more accurately in regards to re-investment than the often volitile nature of f2p revenue that often has wild swings week to week.  Even though often early in it's life f2p genrates more $ in absolute terms it's harder to budget around/predict quarter to quarter.  The afore mentioned whale phenomenon in f2p often masks the revenue feedback a sub game would get.  To often by the time an "issue" or series of them  raise to the level of affecting revenue the tide has already run it's course.  That uncertainty often leads to very conservative future spending on the game witch leads to a cycle of smaller and smaller content packages witch drive more people leaving witch drive even smaller re-investment.
• Jemcrystal UncommonPosts: 1,984

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  Since most subs are $15 month I would rage quit.  But if someone charged $2 month and took out the Cash Shop completely then I would stay.  MMO with a shop and sub are greedy; it would have to come with it's own free game station for me to do that.
  
• Loktofeit RarePosts: 14,247

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  VestigeGamer said:

  Loktofeit said:

  
  

  Currently playing and yearly subbed to Pirate 101.
  
  

  Is that the only MMO you play?
  

  Other than EVE, the only one I play regularly. 

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• Renfail EpicPosts: 1,638

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I haven't stopped subbing since 1999. 
  
  Sometimes I pay for 3-5 subs at a time during a given month. The only times I don't sub are when I'm too busy with work or traveling. 
  
  Gaming is my hobby and passion. I'm more than happy to pay developers for their time, since it gives me endless hours of enjoyment. 
  
  I'm not a cheap entitlement brat. I'm more than happy to pay for my entertainment. 
• fivoroth UncommonPosts: 3,916

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I pay for my games, I rarely have played any games where I don't spend any money on them lol. Money is not an issue.
• Sinsai UncommonPosts: 405

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I always pay my way in life PERIOD.
  
  That goes for my entertainment as well.
• Mixx86 UncommonPosts: 5

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I am no parasite so I always pay, wheter I need to or not. If the game is good, they should get paid for their efforts. Right now I am running SWTOR, LOTRO and TSW. Good games all.
  
• goboygo RarePosts: 2,141

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I subscribe to every MMO I play so the answer is every one of them.
• yaminsux UncommonPosts: 973

  September 2015 Answer ✓

  I would pay, period (given that I have the time to commit). I played many f2p to know that the "free" part is just an illusion and actually means "limited".