Monthly Fee

mponciu · 2003-02-11, 06:21 PM

Does anyone know how much it is going to be a month?

Sol · 2003-02-11, 06:24 PM

I'd expect between $10 and $15.

Arshune · 2003-02-11, 06:30 PM

If Sony thinks they're getting 15 bucks a month for an FPS they're dead wrong, heh. Sure the concept is new, but the core was laid out long ago and is accessible elsewhere. Also, 15 bucks wouldn't compete with the average price per month of other MMO games very well, which isn't good from business end. I'm guessing 12 or 13, hoping 10. More than 10 for an FPS is getting gouged, I don't care how good the MMO aspect is.

MrVicchio · 2003-02-11, 06:33 PM

By the end of the year, I expect ALL SOE MMO's to be 14.95. Why? Cause inflation rears its head.. I don't care, I will pay it lol.

Arshune · 2003-02-11, 06:35 PM

Inflation is currently below the level where it could be considered a problem, raising prices by that much would be vastly outpacing inflation.

Sputty · 2003-02-11, 06:36 PM

Yep, I was paying $15 for E&B..GOD..Waht a masive waste..But, that;s how all games are going to be. I expect 15 and I'll pay(The are US funds. I have to pay even more

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Arshune · 2003-02-11, 06:45 PM

I can't find 100% up-to-date information, and I know the American economy is on the lower end of the business cycle right now, but inflation was steady and even during the slumped holiday season it was well below 5%. If they raise their prices to 15 a month, they're outpacing inflation by about 30-40%. I'm too lazy to do the actual math for the exact numbers, but that'd be quite a rub. God, I can't wait for another democratic president, the one we have now is gonna end up forcing me to get a job to support my game habit.

Bighoss · 2003-02-11, 06:54 PM

bah who cares 15 bucks a month. less than cable, less than a night out.

and its hours of entertainment

Zetre · 2003-02-11, 06:54 PM

ahhh, that's not gonna happen for a while, bush has a 60% approval rating, and it's only climbing. The republicans speak the language of the ignorant undereducated people. They say taxcut, and poor people think it's helping them. I even saw a basho political commercial saying
"tom strickland thinks that tax cuts are the reason for the current economic problems, what he doesn't realize, is that those tax cuts helped a lot"
and of course you gotta love the president saying that we need to have more spending disciplin, and then saying that he's going to bomb iraq with money from his ass, and that he's going to start up all of these great programs for "the people"
argh, i'm with you dancing blob guy, but i don't think we're gonna see any goodness for a while
i even have gay friends who voted for the guy (haha, one of them is a gay catholic, who is extremely religious, despite the fact that according to her religion, she is going to hell because of the way she was born, hahahaha), and one of my friends lives in a trailer park and voted for the dude. You gotta love the ignorant people in our nation.

Arshune · 2003-02-11, 07:01 PM

A 60% approval rating isn't enough to get re-elected, and if he ends up invading Iraq and people die...well that's just gonna seal the deal. He doesn't have the charisma of some of the democratic hopefuls AND he stutters/mispronounces a lot of things.

Back to the price thing though, 15 bucks a month for a game is obscene. 10 dollars yeah, 11 dollars sure, 12 dollars stretching it, 13 dollars maybe if it's a REEEEAAAAALLY damn good game...but for 15 they'd have to have the game come with a port that injects you with a non-addictive form of morphine every so often.

Sputty · 2003-02-11, 07:02 PM

$15 for an MMOG is common now

Arshune · 2003-02-11, 07:08 PM

Nope. EQ is 12 or 13 last I checked, DAoC was 13, SB is supposed to be 12, I have no clue how much AO is, but I'd imagine they'd give their subscriptions away...only game I know of that charges 15 is E&B, and that game got horrible, horrible reviews. Oh yeah, Sims Online...but everyone hates that game too.

If Sims Online is 15 a month it'd make sense, cuz E&B and Sims Online are both from the same company, aren't they?

Sputty · 2003-02-11, 07:10 PM

Those are all old games...The ones at $15 are new

Zetre · 2003-02-11, 07:10 PM

well, if it has a really high user base, the price maaaaaay go down. That's a big maybe though, cause the gaming industry is really fu in a lot of ways, and tends to be greedy. I agree with you though dancing blob guy, it is ridiculous. Unfortunately, this sort of thing doesn't really follow the rules of capitalism. Since most people really don't like MMO games, and since the game market isn't that big, they wont lower the prices (haha, which is the reason why the game industry sucks so much) Whatever though, you could get discounts for paying for more months, and i'm sure that this game will rock (even though it seems rather generic FPS for me, i really like the MMO games, cause you can screw around, and there's a lot of fun to be had)
As for the bush thing, i'll make a bet that he'll get reelected nect term. If i'm wrong, then something will happen, you decide, and same for you losing.

Bighoss · 2003-02-11, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Zetre
ahhh, that's not gonna happen for a while, bush has a 60% approval rating, and it's only climbing. The republicans speak the language of the ignorant undereducated people. They say taxcut, and poor people think it's helping them. I even saw a basho political commercial saying
"tom strickland thinks that tax cuts are the reason for the current economic problems, what he doesn't realize, is that those tax cuts helped a lot"
and of course you gotta love the president saying that we need to have more spending disciplin, and then saying that he's going to bomb iraq with money from his ass, and that he's going to start up all of these great programs for "the people"
argh, i'm with you dancing blob guy, but i don't think we're gonna see any goodness for a while
i even have gay friends who voted for the guy (haha, one of them is a gay catholic, who is extremely religious, despite the fact that according to her religion, she is going to hell because of the way she was born, hahahaha), and one of my friends lives in a trailer park and voted for the dude. You gotta love the ignorant people in our nation.

I LOVE IGNORANT PEOPLE

they are fun and simple