10-13-2003, 11:02 AM
WarLocke,Oct 13 2003, 02:14 AM Wrote:Well, they could handle it like Neocron does - the game itself is a free download, but you have to sign up for the first month (at $12US IIRC) to play.They could also sell the box with CD's/DVD, manuals etc for ~50$, but offer 3 months of free playing time then. This would be very fair for both sides (buy-and-try), but obviously companies/producers are not only greedy, as you've stated already (I 100% agree, btw), but also want to take over no risk whatsoever if the game should turn out to be a flop. I see no reason to take over that risk with my money.
I mean, if MMORPGs are such cash cows, do 'they' really need a box fee on top of a subscription? My gut says no. It's just that the companies are greedy, and the public-at-large will pay twice.
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays." -- Friedrich von Schiller