73 replies to this topic

[Ghogiel]

No.

500MC is a very small amount.

[Vassago Rain]

Bad idea.

[De La Fresniere]

Subscription-based games are ridiculous.

I can buy a whole game, a good one, for 5 to 30 dollars. Unless you somehow inherited more money than you know what to do with, paying 10 dollars a month to play a game is a terrible investment of your entertainment budget.

I put 30 dollars into this game, the top end of what I normally would have paid for a new game, and that's all they're ever gonna get from me.

Sad thing is I haven't spent any MC aside from buying a few mech slots... all current costs are absurdly high, so I'm gonna have to wait until they give us reasonable options before I spend any. Obviously, if they can't even get me to spend the MC I have now, they'd be insane to expect me to buy more.

[yashmack]

I like subscription games, Ive played multiple sub games since Everquest Ruins of Kunark...
for 10 a month I get gameplay for an unlimited amount of hours, updates and new content
games that I purchase I play through for however many hours they last then its over, I either have to buy another game or play it all over again, this could lead to 60 dollars a month or more if I manage to finish more than 2 games in a month

the subscription games offered me the better entertainment bang for my buck...

[Mordin Ashe]

It would be nice if premium would cost 2000MC instead of 2500, but as long as some sales will be happening on important dates in MW universe I am OK with that. I just told myself that I won't buy any premium unless community warfare is introduced, but after that, I am definitely willing to purchase more.

[Ursh]

I think a lot of people don't understand that it cost money to maintain servers, rent office space, and hire creative people with artistic talent and programming skills.

This isn't farmville.

If $15 a month, or even less than that if you buy the value packages, is too much for you, yet you're willing to play the game for more than 6 hours a week, then maybe go get a job?

[De La Fresniere]

Ursh, on 12 December 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

I think a lot of people don't understand that it cost money to maintain servers, rent office space, and hire creative people with artistic talent and programming skills.

This isn't farmville.

If $15 a month, or even less than that if you buy the value packages, is too much for you, yet you're willing to play the game for more than 6 hours a week, then maybe go get a job?

I could afford a 15-dollars-a-month subscription. I could also afford to pay 50 dollars a month for five kilos of dog feces. The question is, "is it a comparatively good use of my money?".

I paid 60 dollars for Ogre Battle V and put many times more hours into it than I'd ever put into five months of an online game. I paid 20 for Heroes of Might and Magic II, same deal. Lots of old games were great and could keep you playing for a very long time. I still go back to those games once in a while even today. Those were better investments, and that was back when games were expensive... think of all the games that you can get for 5 to 30 dollars on GOG or during a Steam sale. I'd never pay 10 dollars a month for any game, there's better places to spend my money.

Now you bring up a good point. Multiplayer online games require money to maintain, so the company has higher expenses and thus normally needs to charge more. But that doesn't convince me I should give them more money... it's more a comment on how online games aren't sustainable (or wouldn't be if it weren't for people's tendency to spend unreasonably).

[Ghogiel]

Ursh, on 12 December 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

If $15 a month, or even less than that if you buy the value packages, is too much for you, yet you're willing to play the game for more than 6 hours a week, then maybe go get a job?

Stop being entitled! Get a second job, Devs gotta eat too!

[stjobe]

So these are the current "monthly" prices:
3,000MC @ $14.95 = 1 month premium + 500 MC = $14.95/month
6,500 MC @ $29.95 = 2 months premium + 1,500 MC = $14.95/month
12,000 MC @ 49.95 = 4 months premium + 2,000 MC = $12.49/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 10 months premium + 0 MC = $9.95/month

Of course, you might want some spare MC with that big one:
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 9 months premium + 2,500 MC = $11.10/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 8 months premium + 5,000 MC = $12.49/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 7 months premium + 7,500 MC = $14.28/month

Edited by stjobe, 12 December 2012 - 01:52 AM.

[ryoken12]

Ursh, on 12 December 2012 - 12:17 AM, said:

I think a lot of people don't understand that it cost money to maintain servers, rent office space, and hire creative people with artistic talent and programming skills.

This isn't farmville.

If $15 a month, or even less than that if you buy the value packages, is too much for you, yet you're willing to play the game for more than 6 hours a week, then maybe go get a job?

I understand all that, but paying real money for something that is broken?Sorry, nope, nuh ah,not going to happen, non, forget it, *******, kiss me arse, and incase i was not forward enough "OH HELL NO!" I do however pay 14.95 a month for WoTs as it is balanced, and not broken like MWO.

[andrewkhlim]

Mercules, on 11 December 2012 - 01:23 PM, said:

It's not a monthly subscription. You can play it for free. I could subscribe to "premium" and get a bonus for subscribing, something like more C-bills after each match... Hmmmmm...

Why play Planetside 2? It is fairly terrible. I spent a week playing trying desperately to like it then realized it was space CoD and that was that.

lol, space COD. I hated COD, even worse in space COD because no would could hear me rage. Just the worst.

But in actualality: Too old to twitch.

[PurpleNinja]

Vermaxx, on 11 December 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:

Worth it?

You know the answer.

[Apoc1138]

stjobe, on 12 December 2012 - 01:52 AM, said:

So these are the current "monthly" prices:
3,000MC @ $14.95 = 1 month premium + 500 MC = $14.95/month
6,500 MC @ $29.95 = 2 months premium + 1,500 MC = $14.95/month
12,000 MC @ 49.95 = 4 months premium + 2,000 MC = $12.49/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 10 months premium + 0 MC = $9.95/month

Of course, you might want some spare MC with that big one:
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 9 months premium + 2,500 MC = $11.10/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 8 months premium + 5,000 MC = $12.49/month
25,000 MC @ 99.95 = 7 months premium + 7,500 MC = $14.28/month

actually, if you buy $99.95 = 25000MC you can buy 1 years premium for 24000 MC and have 1000MC left over = $8.00 per month

14.99 per month = 180 per year but if you spend $150 up front you get 1 year premium plus 13,000 MC

and if the christmas deal is +20% again then you'd have 1 year premium plus 20,400 MC

Edited by Apoc1138, 12 December 2012 - 03:26 AM.

[BlakeAteIt]

I didn't know you could do it a year at a time. That's some savings right there...