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Posted May 01, 2010
I got in the beta but still never downloaded the client. :/
Posted May 01, 2010
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StingingVelvet: Well, I was meaning forever as in forever... there will be a day when Star Trek Online can never be played again, even if you bought a lifetime thing. Same with Xbox downloads, there will be a day when that service is dead, so when your current machine dies all the games go with it.
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Aliasalpha: At some point in the future no computer will be capable of running x86 compiled code and you'll never be able to play current games again. When your last PC capable of running 98SE & XP dies, you'll lose the games. There's no difference

with emulation and the ready availability of old machines I dare say that will be a long time.
Posted May 01, 2010
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Weclock: I got in the beta but still never downloaded the client. :/

I got in the beta too, but I'm not buying the game with that pay to play pricing model.
Posted May 01, 2010
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StingingVelvet: Well, I was meaning forever as in forever... there will be a day when Star Trek Online can never be played again, even if you bought a lifetime thing. Same with Xbox downloads, there will be a day when that service is dead, so when your current machine dies all the games go with it.
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Aliasalpha: At some point in the future no computer will be capable of running x86 compiled code and you'll never be able to play current games again. When your last PC capable of running 98SE & XP dies, you'll lose the games. There's no difference

Adding to this:
There'll be a day when you die and can no longer play the games you bought.
Posted May 01, 2010
oho. hours payment sounds awesome.
the reason i cannot get into mmo (dropped ST:O even tough i liked it) is time. paying 15 bucks forces me to play the game. i hate that.
with hour payment i decide when i want to play. today tomorrow, next frigging week.
This week i played only 4 hours of BG2... and want more but cannot. next week i won't play at all till saturday (exams, assignments... grrr!!)
so woho. good idea
edit: i wish eve did that :( i so wish they did that.
Post edited May 01, 2010 by lukaszthegreat
Posted May 01, 2010
Even if they're buried with you? I was going to take my copy of red storm rising just in case I ended up somewhere with a 486 that had a 5.25 floppy...
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Weclock: I got in the beta but still never downloaded the client. :/
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Wishbone: I got in the beta too, but I'm not buying the game with that pay to play pricing model.

What were you expecting from an MMO?
Post edited May 01, 2010 by Aliasalpha
Posted May 01, 2010
Oh it's pay as you go? Well I'm definately not even bothering to check it out now (the BETA is really meh anyways).
Posted May 01, 2010
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evilguy12: Oh it's pay as you go? Well I'm definately not even bothering to check it out now (the BETA is really meh anyways).

why?
would you instead pay for when you NOT play?
Posted May 01, 2010
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evilguy12: Oh it's pay as you go? Well I'm definately not even bothering to check it out now (the BETA is really meh anyways).
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lukaszthegreat: why?
would you instead pay for when you NOT play?

I mean I don't like not owning the game, I wouldn't pay for it if it was monthly payment either. I have to say the best subscription system is LOVE's as you get 30 days but you only use them when you play the game (which is just as well since there is nothing to do in that game).
Posted May 01, 2010
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evilguy12: I mean I don't like not owning the game, I wouldn't pay for it if it was monthly payment either. I have to say the best subscription system is LOVE's as you get 30 days but you only use them when you play the game (which is just as well since there is nothing to do in that game).

best... subscription?
ABC DOES THE SAME. not so generously but you get 50hours. which kinda for me is more than 30 days :D
Posted May 01, 2010
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evilguy12: I mean I don't like not owning the game, I wouldn't pay for it if it was monthly payment either. I have to say the best subscription system is LOVE's as you get 30 days but you only use them when you play the game (which is just as well since there is nothing to do in that game).
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lukaszthegreat: best... subscription?
ABC DOES THE SAME. not so generously but you get 50hours. which kinda for me is more than 30 days :D

Uh yeah that's the point. If it was that genorous I would easily do it (providing the game actually becomes fun) but since it's only 50 hours I'd rather not.
Posted May 01, 2010
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lukaszthegreat: edit: i wish eve did that :( i so wish they did that.

It would be cool but for a game like eve where you lvl up while your away it wouldnt work well.
I like the idea but the price is a little to much. I would pay less doing the $15 per month deal.
Posted May 01, 2010
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evilguy12: Uh yeah that's the point. If it was that genorous I would easily do it (providing the game actually becomes fun) but since it's only 50 hours I'd rather not.

huh. how many hours you play a brand new game? Mission Edge which cost more took me 8 hours to complete (okay. i paid few bucks for it during christmas sale but if i bought it during release the game would be more expensive and 6 times shorter.)
Steam tells me that i spent 30 hours on mass effect.
50 hours for 35 bucks ain't that bad mate. not many games took longer to play.... no. few games only manage to top that.
Posted May 01, 2010
I don't get the animosity for this idea.
I play about 15 hours of Aion every month with a girl I know and yet I still pay $15. Here, I'd get 20 hours for $10. It's an option that is handy to have - you can still get a monthly fee.
Personally, I would like to see the price drop a little. 25 hours for €5 would be ideal but 20 hours for €6 is a little big too high - that comes to 25 hours for €7.5 which is only slightly less than what I pay for an online game per month.
Post edited May 01, 2010 by Red_Avatar
Posted May 01, 2010
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Weclock: I got in the beta too, but I'm not buying the game with that pay to play pricing model.
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Aliasalpha: What were you expecting from an MMO?

I wouldn't call it an MMO (except from a technical POV). I'm not sure what I'd call it, but then I can't call it anything in public yet anyway, as I'm bound by a NDA.
Also, for Americans the game will cost $49.99. Guess what it'll cost for Europeans? Yup, €49.99. Screw them.
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