Why not pay every month to play COD!

[Hlander]

Originally Posted by ga_332

ok see that games like WOW(diffrent game tho but my point) and Aces High(just the same series/Games) have to pay every month and both games very sucsessfull. This most be a god thing for both parts custemour and devenloper. If the game is not good, people would not add pay every month, and devenloper have to see that game is in top shape so that we pay every month And every patch/secuel would off course be in the price ........

Paying a monthly fee kills creativity, and the game just becomes a cash cow. World of Warcraft is the perfect example of this. Old content is rehashed, dungeons are brought back from previous expansions and bosses are re-skinned. Actually Blizzard does not even bother hiding it anymore.

Most of the creativity and development goes into designing pretty mounts and other things which can be bought at additional cost. Yes, people still pay and play Wow. But this results in a terrible gaming community, just visit the forums.

[335th_GRAthos]

Creativity? who cares about creativity? The Maths do the talking... 14million users (I do know the exact number; 2-3million users stepped out I was told) at USD 10 per month.... !

Just to answer the first post about paying monthly:

NO THANKS! I have a life and I intend to keep it...

God forbid I become one of those who believe their virtual life is better than their real life


~S~

[Outlaw]

Comparing CoD to games like WOW and Aces-High is asinine. CoD is NOT a massively multiplayer game. There are no corporately owned and managed servers in CoD like WOW and AH.

MMPGs charge monthly because they provide the hardware and the server bandwidth. IE, they provide a SERVICE.

Paying monthly is obviously not reasonable for CoD in its current state. Unless it switched to online only (with gimp single player practice) with corporate hosting, there is absolutely no danger of it becoming subscription based.

--Outlaw.

[Thee_oddball]

Core game $60
1941 plans set $39
1942 plane set $39
1943 plane set $39
1944 plane set $39
1945 plane set $39

not one person here would have a problem paying...not one!... if the game had been released in a state of near perfection with very few bugs most IL2'ers would have there credit cards set to auto draft for the next release.

the IL2 community does not have a problem paying....remember we spend hundreds if not thousands on our rigs just to play this game ...but the quality must match the cash.

My 2 pence on the OP original question is this...i think pay per monthly is not a good motivator for the developer...DLC could be but that would be only if the core game was as i mentioned...close to perfection. This is a niche market...but so is Bugatti...they have people willing to pay because they deliver

happy new year to all

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

Core game $60
1941 plans set $39
1942 plane set $39
1943 plane set $39
1944 plane set $39
1945 plane set $39

Good god, what a rip-off.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

From this thread alone it appears half the pilots hate the idea.

That being said, the online community would easily splinter and the rest would follow.

Dead servers anyone?

Single player would die afterwards

[JG52Uther]

Pay monthly would probably mean a master server. After having to suffer RoF's super flakey master server I don't think its a great idea.