Planetside Petition

BzA · 2003-09-05, 08:23 AM

In an effort to get the opinion of the PS community. I started a "petition" just for the heck of it.

http://www.petitiononline.com/corecore/petition.html

Even though it says "petition" I dont want it to come across as moody or rude. I just want SOE to see its community and their response to the way things are going. I tried to word it as benignly as possible and I look forward to seeing the results.

Please add your comments and be nice. If it gets nasty or rude... I WILL remove the petition.

Rightwing · 2003-09-05, 08:26 AM

/sign

KingKroz · 2003-09-05, 08:49 AM

*signed* and I agree..

Nimbus · 2003-09-05, 10:00 AM

Super-ultru-mega SIGN attack!!!!
It begins....woooo.

TheEvilBlight · 2003-09-05, 10:21 AM

All I know is that my signature wouldn't count: as a non-customer, my opinion no longer matters. In any case, it would be a good publicity thing, and you only have to do it once. Better now then later. Besides, there'll be a grip of expansion packs down the road later on, and you could probably make money on those.

Phaden · 2003-09-05, 11:12 AM

Signed, but you should put this in the lounge as well as possily the official forums??

Squick · 2003-09-05, 11:17 AM

This will never happen... Why would Sony turn their expansion that most likely at least 40% of the population will buy into a free download? Anyone that has quit or is on the verge of quitting is bored of the game, adding more weapons, more bases, and spreading combat even thinner is not appealing at all. So free or not, it will not make a difference. I purchased a six-month subscription, and I have not even launched Planetside in the past three months, even if Core Combat was free I would not play it.

Squick

Indecisive · 2003-09-05, 11:42 AM

signed but its not gonna happen

Squeeky · 2003-09-05, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by Gohan_VA
signed but its not gonna happen

Queensidecastle · 2003-09-05, 12:19 PM

What a ridiculous and stupid idea. Why cant people understand that monthly fees do not mean free expansions. Free content will always trickle out, such as the lib and skyguard, and it may always suck. If you are an adult that actually has a job, you would understand the simple economics that shit aint free and those devs work hard and expect to make money to pay the bills. If you think the profits from the monthly fee arent immediatly redirected back into the business, then you are extremely naive

Indecisive · 2003-09-05, 12:30 PM

Yeah but it would still be nice if it was free

nonentity · 2003-09-05, 12:38 PM

Jesus christ, you are an idiot.

Do you have any idea of the amount of time it takes to make just the art for 3 new weapons, 3 new vehicles, 6 caverns and any other misc. stuff needed, let alone the code work (which is admittedly done at the same time).

It's not an afternoon's work. And the dev team aren't doing this FOR you, they are doing it as a job, they need paying, hence expansion costs money.

I'm fed up to the back teeth with whiny dumb arse people who have no idea about the development process of games who think that everything should be done now and be free.

Fucktards.

(No, I didn't sign)

(Yes, I'm in a bad mood)

nonentity · 2003-09-05, 12:41 PM

And yes, while it'd be nice to have it for free, try sitting down and actually honestly thinking whether it should be free or not. Not whether you'd rather have it free or pay for it (hmm... duh), but whether it actually _should_ be free.

X-113 · 2003-09-05, 01:58 PM

Not signed.

Having to DL all the PS patches on a 56k takes 7 and a half hours now. God forbid I'd have to dl an entire freking expansion.

Besides, putting Planetside back on store shelves is a good thing. If you release it as a dlable expansion then whos gonna know about it but the players? SOE wants MORE players, therefore, it gets put on the shelves for the average Joe to see.

Not only that, but many avid gamers go by what they hear on how well a game sells. If they hear a game has only sold a couple copies in the past month, odds are the average uninformed person wont buy it. So with an estimation that even a mere 30% of players buys the expansion, not counting "wait and see" people, and random pasers by, thats still a good enough sale volume for one store. Plus its an online game, so it cant usually be returned. (devious, but effective)

WhiteBear · 2003-09-05, 04:47 PM

With attached comment:
"I'm quitting over this. Not because I'm not happy with the game, but I'm not going to support Sony's business plan by helping them think it could actually work."