Zeli
Flesh Jelly
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Post by Zeli on Oct 24, 2006 21:11:12 GMT -5
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Aberrant
Ragewalker
Core 03/2003 DAoC Founding Member Former Councilor
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Post by Aberrant on Oct 25, 2006 7:23:45 GMT -5
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.
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Post by lanir on Oct 25, 2006 7:25:54 GMT -5
I agree with Ab. That dude in the article/post is a tard.
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Winin
Deathbringer
01/2004 DAoC
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Post by Winin on Oct 25, 2006 16:25:52 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Morg'th N'Throg on Oct 27, 2006 14:06:05 GMT -5
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
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Zeli
Flesh Jelly
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Post by Zeli on Oct 28, 2006 9:16:15 GMT -5
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.
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Post by Morg'th N'Throg on Oct 30, 2006 19:44:52 GMT -5
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
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