WAR : money money money money

[Zeli]

source: Warcry's Razorwire
razorwire.warcry.com/news/view/65764-EA-starts-selling-virtual-currency-on-Xbox-Live

EA starts selling virtual currency on Xbox Live
razor posted on 24 Oct 2006, 12:35 PM

The company that would sell their own mother if it pushed their stock up a point has just made it possible to pay real money for fake money in one of their games. Well not real money, but fake money for fake money. But the original fake money was bought with real money. Confused yet?

Here's the pricing schedule for The Godfather extras you can buy with MS Points. This is in addition to the charging people for being able to cheat in Tiger Woods.

Remember, this is the same company that bought Mythic, and has for years been offering straight cash for game item sales for Ultima Online.

I can't wait to just write a check for uber gear and a maxxed out character in Warhammer Online.

i threw up a little in my mouth when i read that...

[Aberrant]

Almost every developer is charging for some additional content on the xbox live marketplace. Usually they are small things like multiplayer maps or additional clothes. This isn't something that EA is only doing.

You can look at it as a bad thing or not, some people say they paid for the game and don't want to have to buy content afterwards. Some other people think of it as a mini-expansion type thing. These games that are doing it on Live also don't have any type of monthly subscription.

I haven't seen any MMO's do it though, and I don't think Mythic or EA are stupid enough to do this with WAR. You offer additional content through expansions. As long as you are making money through that and subscriptions, there is no need to mess with that.

[lanir]

I agree with Ab.

That dude in the article/post is a tard.

[Winin]

Some companies give the game out for free and charge no subscription, but you have to pay for in-game things. It's just different ways of charging.

[Morg'th N'Throg]

When Zeli showed me this I almost puked not for the news, but for the insane backlash it's going to cause when people find out because, you know, EA is the devil and they're the only company that should be burned if they make money the way the other ones do.
Not to mention that the way that guy wrote it is just bad journalism...
....I wonder if they're going to ship the CE of W.A.R. with tinfoil hats....

Morg'th N'Throg

[Zeli]

hey, my tinfoil hat is just fine!

I was nervous when EA bought Mythic but I would only totally freak out if SOE had bought Mythic.

[Morg'th N'Throg]

I was nervous too. I still am. But in reality, what's the worst that can happen? They completely ruin the last IP that I enjoy? Oh well. They can't screw with the tabletop! LOL

Morg'th N'Throg