Pay Per Game
Here's one to ponder for the day. Check out this article on CNET discussing the
whole charging for online games thing. Discussion of those online card game things, the
whole EverQuest thing, and those adver-games. Companies sponsoring the development of a
game to promote their product. Now here comes the hook, I've just got this hunch that some
time down the road game developers may start considering monthly fees for FPS action
games. Probably something like $1-5 a month to keep cheaters away and continued support
etc. The question:
- How would you react, and how do you feel the general gaming public would react, if every online FPS action game went to a small monthly fee and guaranteed cheat prevention and extra support. (New levels, new mods, etc) Assuming the first 1-3 months is free.
Personally.. I'd have to be really taken with a game to pay a monthly fee. I've never paid for any MMORPG games but obviously with all the subscribers out there that means people are willing to pay for a game they enjoy. The question being if that would carry over to action games that dont have the depth of RPGs. I'd probably pay.. for one, maybe two games tops.
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