Buying the game?

[Rainfur]

If I've never played Planetside 1 before, and don't have the disks, how do I buy the game? Or is it just through the client?

[p0intman]

buy it through $OE

[Rainfur]

buy it through

Yes, but do I only pay the subscription? Or do I have to do something else?

[p0intman]

Yes, but do I only pay the subscription? Or do I have to do something else?

You pay the sub, dl the patcher/launcher, log in.. patch and launch. as far as im aware, anyway.

[Rainfur]

Hm.....

Anyone else?

I'd like to be sure, because of this:


If a trial version or free version of a particular game is not available, or if you would like to access the full benefits of a game that may not be offered through a trial version, you must purchase the game software that you wish to play

[p0intman]

Hm.....

Anyone else?

I'd like to be sure, because of this:


That trumps what I've said then, I have no idea and you can probably disregard everything I said. Sorry bout that. I've never been in your situation, given I still have the original discs for the original game and its expansion.

[Rainfur]

Ah....

Well. Huh.

Time to contact SOE. :P

[CuddlyChud]

I'm pretty sure you have to buy the game, then pay a sub. Not sure if it comes with a free month or not. Personally, I don't think it's worth it. For the sub maybe, but not the box price + sub.

[Tallon]

yup, why i try to sub it tosses in a $20 fee for buying PS, so it is in fact $35 for first month

[RedKnights]

False, download it for free here, I think.

http://planetside.station.sony.com/download.vm

[Tallon]

yeah, you can download the launchpad, but while buying a sub you get a page asking you to buy planetside. So unless someone can tell me where in the download to find the key, you have to buy it

[RovingDeath]

That $20 fee makes no sense to me at all. I had 5-6 accounts from the trial days and when the free 45 days came out, ALL of my accounts were unlocked. Also, I recently re-subbed on 2 of my old accounts without any mention of a $20 fee. Definitely only bought one copy of this game.

[GhettoPrince]

don't get it, If you really want into the beta there are going to be easier ways to get in.

It's crazy too, cause I could still see this game being semi popular if it went free to play.

[Jikkan]

I was facing the same problem myself and I spent a good twenty minutes looking at the SOE site before I finally figured out how to buy Planetside. They should really work on making their site easier to navigate.

Here is how you do it:

Log in to your SOE account.

Go here: http://www.soe.com/getthegame/

Scroll down and click "Buy now" on Planetside. Then you pay for the game (20$ - gametime is included).

Then login to the launcher (you can download it from the Planetside site) and it will begin downloading the game.

[Nephilimuk]

Guys please hold off on this - I think you can just download it if you have the access all areas sub.

its cheaper than the $20 download then sub

[Zulthus]

Yeah all you have to do is download the launcher and sub.

There's a sticky for this exact question, why do so many people make threads on it anyway?