In theory, B2P, F2P, or P2P are all viable options. It is my experience that more options are a good thing. Where it breaks down is the way companies implement the payment model. I have also noticed that payment model seems to be more important th…
You can claim New York City isn't massive. It is made up of small groups of people queing for travel, dining, and entertainment. We can say it is just a glorified lobby city.
Maybe if a huge influx of new customers comes online, something like if India all got wired and addicted to a mmorp, Warcraft can be matched. There are just too many games live at the moment. I believe WoW will remain the Cy Young, 511 wins, until…
Originally posted by Rivalen
Again, people put too much stock in a random minorities opinion and then blame them for having opinions?
It's the new philosophy of not accepting personal responsibility for a bad decision. Cheat on your spouse…
Until we define "skill" as it pertains to various games, this argument isn't going anywhere.
PS. I believe the correct phrase is.....WE professionals instead of US professionals.
Originally posted by jtcgs So I guess it isnt THE players...its the PLAYERS. think about that one.
Publishers run models to see what is profitable in any given market. These models usually contain potential customer purchase history.
So whil…
Originally posted by Banaghran
i am wary of accepting that over the course of 2009 something fundamental has changed in the mmo market
Im just spit-balling here, but could one of the reasons "themepark" styled MMO's get all t…
Originally posted by jtcgs you are basically saying something along the lines of Ford didnt invent the automobile because someone else sold more.
Actually, Ford did not invent the automobile. But he did develope the first inexpensive, standar…
Originally posted by dave6660 I don't miss losing. It's much better when I win all the time. It helps my self esteem.
I don't miss having to rely on other players. I play multi-player games so I can play by myself.
Last but not least... I don…
go to tom's hardware and fill out the "computer parts questionaire", copy it, and paste it there or here or w/e. It mainly asks what you want to do with the computer.
I still dont understand why the games budget is such a sticking point. It was their money, they should be able to spend it however they want as long as they dont have an exorbitant pricing structure. Its not like this product was financed by tax pa…
This last summer, I dl'd a copy of the old KoToR and DA:O and decided to play them as I waited for a MMO that was worth my time. At the time my computer was on its death bed and would sometimes crash mid-game. While at first I found this to be a ser…
Ea (shocker i know) might be starting its attack on second hand game sales when it instituted new customers of old sport games (madden, live, etc) buy a code to play online. With most games needing to be wired in to the web (im still trying to figur…
I finally received the "suspicious activity" email about my account from Blizzard, at least it appears to be from Blizzard. I didnt really check the validity because im past WoW. But considering I havent played WoW in some time, about 3 years, and …
Originally posted by Roybe With a downed state, it would seem that you could snipe others trying to rez the downed player...ala 'Full Metal Jacket'.
This is one of the more effective military tactics in RL. Kill one guy and thats all you get,…
One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the researchers believe, is that the skills required for competence often are the same skills necessary to recognize competence.
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Originally posted by Robsolf Yep. Just goes to show, some people will believe on Wednesday what they believed on Monday... no matter what happened on Tuesday.
There was a Cornell study that said that people who don't get it, don't get that the…