12-04-2004, 03:46 AM
Occhidiangela,Dec 3 2004, 05:58 AM Wrote:At the risk of going out on a limb, I'd venture to say that Guild Wars will have for sale "expansion packs" about a year after the game debuts, perhaps earlier. One does need a revenue stream, though I'll admit that NCSOFT is a nice Sugar Daddy if your game sells pretty well.
Occhi
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The info they've released indicates that they'll be releasing new "chapters" of Guild Wars about every six months or so. Each additional chapter will have new content and features. You can play any and all of the chapters you've purchased indefinitely, and you can play with people who've bought other chapters as long as you have at least one in common.
Seems like a very novel business plan, and it's one that I think I'll be much more able to support than the traditional MMO model.