News: YOU CAN PRE-ORDER PLANETSIDE 2!

[Tigersmith]

Originally Posted by p0intman

Not going to pre-order jack shit. Why? I'll wait for a while post-release to see how it plays out and what its like, if I don't get a test invite.

dont lie to yourself. your going to preorder

I will even if its a awful beta. Its Planetside 2... Dreams could come true. for many they already have

[Jownzorz]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Because I haven't seen a subscription based game yet that makes you pay $50 up front.

The original Planetside was $50 and you got a free month after you entered a valid credit card. Then it was the usual $14.99 a month.

[basti]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Because I haven't seen a subscription based game yet that makes you pay $50 up front.

You, sir, never really played MMOs before, right?

Eve online, WOW, SWG, EQ2, even planetside, they ALL did cost about 50, with one free month, and then subscription.


F2P is not yet ruled out, for several reasons:
1. Remember Guild Wars? Box also costs cash, but the game is F2P
2. We dont know if this preorder stuff is official, or if Gamestop and Amazon just put it on before they even have details. Happens alot, just to get cash sooner rather than later.


In case this is official: You may have noticed that there is only a Preoder for a PC version, no preoder for a PS3.

[Logit]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Because I haven't seen a subscription based game yet that makes you pay $50 up front.

WoW, and EVERY WoW Expansion.
EQ1
EQ2
SWG
PS1

[LZachariah]

That's a good point, Desoxy, and it's one that I had considered myself. I think that if the game is available for preorder, Sony HAD to have a hand in it, because Sony tells Gamestop how much to charge for it (in this case, $49.99). Gamestop wouldn't be able to just "make up" a price. So, it evidences that there MUST have been some communication between Sony and Gamestop in order for this to be listed for preorder. Now, I don't necessarily think that this news rules out a F2P component of the game. Perhaps anyone can log into the game for free and play up to BR5? Or maybe anyone can log in and just play indefinitely, but someone who buys the game gets unlimited customization options and enjoys leveling twice as fast, with 2x speed on skill-learning as well? There are multiple models that could be used. To be honest, I'm glad that this will be a full-ticket-price game, because I want the studio to have LOTTTTS of money and resources to keep this game HUGE. Now, on the other hand, I want it to have a massive population, so they would be VERY wise to let everyone join, even for free, while giving huge benefits to people who buy the entire game.

Technology equals might.

~Zachariah

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by basti

You, sir, never really played MMOs before, right?

Eve online, WOW, SWG, EQ2, even planetside, they ALL did cost about 50, with one free month, and then subscription.


F2P is not yet ruled out, for several reasons:
1. Remember Guild Wars? Box also costs cash, but the game is F2P
2. We dont know if this preorder stuff is official, or if Gamestop and Amazon just put it on before they even have details. Happens alot, just to get cash sooner rather than later.

EVE online - $20, with all free expansions. I currently play.

WOW - $20 for the base game. I used to play this pile of shit.

SWG - Ok, I wouldn't know here, was never interested.

EQ2 - Same as EQ2


I have also already placed a pre-order on PS2. It's most likely legit.

In case this is official: You may have noticed that there is only a Preoder for a PC version, no preoder for a PS3.

EQ1 & 2 also cost $50 up-front because they all have god-knows how many expansions included now (like 15?)

[Jownzorz]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

EVE online - $20, with all free expansions. I currently play.

WOW - $20 for the base game. I used to play this pile of shit.

SWG - Ok, I wouldn't know here, was never interested.

EQ2 - Same as EQ2


I have also already placed a pre-order on PS2. It's most likely legit.

In case this is official: You may have noticed that there is only a Preoder for a PC version, no preoder for a PS3.

You must have not been around for any of these games when they were released...

[Whoknowswhat1]

Originally Posted by LZachariah

That's a good point, Desoxy, and it's one that I had considered myself. I think that if the game is available for preorder, Sony HAD to have a hand in it, because Sony tells Gamestop how much to charge for it (in this case, $49.99). Gamestop wouldn't be able to just "make up" a price. So, it evidences that there MUST have been some communication between Sony and Gamestop in order for this to be listed for preorder.

$50 is the average/base for PC games. i really don't see any reason why gamestop/amazon would put it at a different price. if it was higher or lower, then we would know that SOE had a say in the pricing

[basti]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

EQ1 & 2 also cost $50 up-front because they all have god-knows how many expansions included now (like 15?)

Erm.
Eve and WOW did cost 50 with release. Trust me, i was there.

Price goes down later, same will happen with PS2.

[FastAndFree]

But if I preorder now... what about Collector's Edition?

[p0intman]

Originally Posted by Tigersmith

dont lie to yourself. your going to preorder

I will even if its a awful beta. Its Planetside 2... Dreams could come true. for many they already have

I don't pre-order shit because of rampant fanboyism over the original.

[Tigersmith]

Originally Posted by p0intman

I don't pre-order shit because of rampant fanboyism over the original.

Fair enough.

[Brokinarrow]

How official is this preorder though? I know a lot of stores will offer pre-orders of games as long as they are fairly sure it will come out at SOME point. They'll simply move your money onto an official pre-order from SOE once they release details on that. The lack of any type of original box-art plus the lack of a pre-order announcement from SOE points to this being stores just trying to bring in extra money now rather than waiting for the official announcement.

[Whoknowswhat1]

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

How official is this preorder though? I know a lot of stores will offer pre-orders of games as long as they are fairly sure it will come out at SOME point. They'll simply move your money onto an official pre-order from SOE once they release details on that. The lack of any type of original box-art plus the lack of a pre-order announcement from SOE points to this being stores just trying to bring in extra money now rather than waiting for the official announcement.

They cant take your money until they have the game shipped out... doing this as a preemptive strike would merely give a rough estimate of how many people want the game (as well as making us very very excited)

[BlazingSun]

Originally Posted by Tigersmith

dont lie to yourself. your going to preorder

I will even if its a awful beta. Its Planetside 2... Dreams could come true. for many they already have

I won't. I have seen almost nothing yet that would prompt me to such an action.

The game costs 50$? Does that mean it will cost ~40€? (But who knows what will happen to the € in the next month ... could be 200€ by then ...)