Put it this way - I would only ever consider "free" to play if it were literally and figuratively the ONLY way to keep the game running. Short of that, no thanks.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Oh, Hi.
I just play now and then. Let my account lapse in the meantime. Level 46 main. It's not the end of the world going without CoH for a month or two.
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Originally Posted by NovaFactor
Is it really that difficult to find $15 a month to play this game each month ? What's with all this talk of the game being so expensive all the time ? I just don't get it .
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That's what I pay to go to the movies with a popcorn and soda, alone.
Not to mention, I don't pay $15 a month, I sub yearly so it's less than $12/mo, not to mention the 9-10 months I've gotten free for different purchases/loyalty packages.
There are a handful of people who actually have a legitimate argument that they can't afford the sub fee. Sadly the company can't cater to such a small portion of the player base.
The rest of the people making suggestions like this are more like this guy. As a matter of fact I think Red might remember him.
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Originally posted by Psywarrior2450 this game should lower its monthly fee to $9.99 instead of 14.99 imo. its getting old. its 5yrs old now. any game this old should not be going for 14.99/month still. if the rate wasn't so high i would keep my subscription going for a longer time. since its so high i will only subscribe for one more month before quiting. another game i play ******** **** ******** which is $9.99/month. it came out in october 2006. and ppl complain about the fee there all the time. and sometimes i subscribe to ***. also **** live $50/yr these fees add up. 9.99 for psu, 14.99 for wow, 14.99 for coh. thats 50+ a month on games. this adds up. along with about 200 to 300 on groceries/alcohol/restaurants per month, 279 for rent each month. 40/mo to my brother for doing the dishes, and cleaning the apartment. 20 for adult entertainment. 50 for car insurance. 25 for renters insurance. 10 for life insurance. 30+ for gas. i'm gonna have to pay for dental insurance soon. also money for furniture, new bed, bedding stuff, electronics, soon a new $1200 computer. also other games i buy such as ***, ******** controller, ******* ****, ****** ********, ******** and other games, video rentals. and medical expenses i just paid 735 for a hospitol bill, credit report 25. gambling, movie theateres, postal stamps, luckily no credit cards currently. and i get about $900/month from disability, and i live in north county san diego, ca. i'm not working right now. soon i'll go back to work after i have a cataract in my eye removed. then i go back to pizza delivery for round table while getting disability. i'm surprised so many ppl were against this. you must be rich or are you brats that live off your parents. how easily do you give away your money. it seems like you should want to save money not give it away. what are you gonna do when champions comes out? pay another 14.99 or let your characters die? i'll probably subscribe to this on, and off like i do wow. and switch to *******s maybe when it comes out. also i was only trying this game out to see wheter i like it or if it was worth it, not promising to be a lifetime subscriber. |
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Funny you should mention him, that post was the first thing I thought of when I read the OP. XD|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
There are a handful of people who actually have a legitimate argument that they can't afford the sub fee. Sadly the company can't cater to such a small portion of the player base.
The rest of the people making suggestions like this are more like this guy. As a matter of fact I think Red might remember him. |
As for "DDO did so should we", DDO was on the verge of shutting down their servers and turning off the lights. CoX is not even close to that.
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Wasn't the guy who had gambling in his budget?
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
There are a handful of people who actually have a legitimate argument that they can't afford the sub fee. Sadly the company can't cater to such a small portion of the player base.
The rest of the people making suggestions like this are more like this guy. As a matter of fact I think Red might remember him. |
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Originally Posted by LISAR
Wasn't the guy who had gambling in his budget?
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ddo gets mentioned a lot, but I do kind of wonder about how much the example really shows. a modest game gettign a significant cash infusion, or a near-dead game getting a very modest infusion of cash that only looks good when expressed in percentages relative to how much they were making on subs. Maybe when coh 2 hits, a smart move would be to transition this game to f2p. they could still string it along for a while, but it would primarily be a feeder to the sub based sequel. that said, i dont disagree with munki much, if it went f2p, i wouldn't be really upset, but i kind of prefer the reliability of income that the sub fees give our game. f2p didnt help that game we all are thinking about that ncsoft killed much, even with relatively good reviews.
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Originally Posted by MunkiLord
Personally I don't care either way if this game went F2P. It can be done successfully, look at DDO. That games revenue and player base shot up. So if it were done the same basic way DDO was done I would have no problem with it.
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Originally Posted by LISAR
Wasn't the guy who had gambling in his budget?
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I think we'll get a better idea of how viable something like this is once LoTRO goes F2P. The general thinking from people's guesses is that game is at least 2-3 times more subs than this one.|
Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
ddo gets mentioned a lot, but I do kind of wonder about how much the example really shows. a modest game gettign a significant cash infusion, or a near-dead game getting a very modest infusion of cash that only looks good when expressed in percentages relative to how much they were making on subs. Maybe when coh 2 hits, a smart move would be to transition this game to f2p. they could still string it along for a while, but it would primarily be a feeder to the sub based sequel. that said, i dont disagree with munki much, if it went f2p, i wouldn't be really upset, but i kind of prefer the reliability of income that the sub fees give our game. f2p didnt help that game we all are thinking about that ncsoft killed much, even with relatively good reviews.
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Now, just because a few MMOs do it, that doesn't mean CoH should. That isn't my point at all.
15 bucks is not hard to save until your month is up. Most of the time you will spend 15 bucks on crap that you don't even remember you doing. No to F2P!
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I don't get this. I can get more porn than there is time in the day to sit through for free off the Internet. You should see my bookmarks. Who BUDGETS porn? It's like... Like... Budgeting air or something.
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Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
...and pron.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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I'll sum all the posts in this thread and even throw in my own personal opinion.
The short answer is no.
The long answer is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I don't get this. I can get more porn than there is time in the day to sit through for free off the Internet. You should see my bookmarks. Who BUDGETS porn? It's like... Like... Budgeting air or something.
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The poster Forbin mentioned actually budgeted for skinflicks.
Personally I don't care either way if this game went F2P. It can be done successfully, look at DDO. That games revenue and player base shot up. So if it were done the same basic way DDO was done I would have no problem with it.
That being said, I don't think it is needed either.