DualShockers writes, "When PSN+ was announced at E3 2010, no one was really shocked by any of the details given, early beta access, possibly some cross-game chat, pretty expected stuff. However, I was not disappointed at the lack of shock value in this announcement. My own personal disappointment lies in a business decision by SONY and Sony Online Entertainment with regards to MMO pricing. The PS3 is the perfect platform for MMOs, but if there are multiple MMOs and they’re charging for all of them, it kind of defeats the purpose of marketing to the same group. I proposed an idea a while back that I sincerely felt SONY could have thought of alone, but it appears that this iceberg is heading towards the PS3 and the MMO demographic is about to smash into it.
First of all, there is a big problem with charging fees for every MMO game on PS3 at once and expecting them all to be successful. Obviously third parties will do whatever they want. Regardless of of...."
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Someone have to make a living, and earn money.
Pay double is a bit to much though...
I'd shell out the money next week if this was confirmed.
What has the world came to?
This would make all those MMO games, especially Final Fantasy XIV more popular. This would a good move for them but more so for us.
its should be part of the PSN+ service.
but because of the way MMO's are structured and the upkeep required will keep it at a separate price. Although it is unfortunate.
Yet when two people give me a bubble+, IT NEVER FUCKING SHOWS UP! You mods are idiots. Yeah, I said it. Sue me.
On Topic: Cool. Only reason I'm even replying to the topic is because yet another bubble could be easily taken off for Off Topic-ness.....
+Bub for you
if they included this, but as of now i'm not sold on the psn plus idea
I refuse to believe that The Agency or DC Universe Online will maintain the amount of free updates that a game like WoW, Final Fantasy XIV, or even Everquest would.
So why should I pay the same amount? Live-action game-play is a huge plus but live-action players don't usually stick to one game for long periods of time and this needs to be addressed when you specifically target the market.
The F2P model had probely huge amount of DLC etc like normal MMOs with their Item Mall to keep revenue but they probably just scrapped it for the pay2play model.
At least a discount off the service or PS+ should give you options on what you want to do like pick if you want free games etc or free monthly discription/discount on a MMO you have etc. I think that be a perfect idea would give better incentive to have people play MMOs on the ps3 rather than PC.
I was so hoping that DCUO would be free to play. They should definately add this to ps+
Wish DCUO was F2P, I was under the impression it would be. I doubt it will have the depth of other mmo's that charge 14.99 monthly... I might do it but currently I'm not going to pick this title up.
They should have made new areas/expansions for a price other than a sub fee, this would give people the choice to buy more without feeling a grip of a monthly fee.
Pay $50 a year for free access to MMO's that normally cost $15 per month... Yeah I don't see that happening. The best case scenario is we get a minor discount.
while paying for an MMO subscription isn't terrible, it is when you factor in two people.
it's bad enough i have to buy a second PS3 (damn economy has kept me from picking one up for my wife right now). that's $300.
THEN i have to buy two copies of the game (in this case, DC Universe Online is the MMO me and my wife want to play together). that's $120.
THEN, i have to pay $30 a month for subscriptions for me and my wife. that's $360 a year, JUST so we can play an MMO together.
that's the cost of 6 extra video games i could be playing instead. to play ONE MMO with my wife, i have to sacrifice 6 other games.
that would have meant, no Heavy Rain this year. no White Knight Chronicles. no Mass Effect 2. no God of War 3. no 3D Dot Game Heroes. no Red Dead Redemption. well FUCK THAT.
i'm not going to sacrifice Killzone 3, Twisted Metal, The Last Guardian, inFAMOUS 2, Uncharted 3, or Final Fantasy VS XIII next year, just so me and my wife can play DC Universe Online.
the game doesn't hit for another 4 months, and i think there's always a chance that SOE will take into consideration the feedback they've been getting, and come up with a more reasonable pricing structure, or eliminate it all together.
it's going to take more than Superman to go up against World of Warcraft. i know they're different genres, but the MMO market is supremely competitive. Guild Wars has as many subscribers (of which i'm one of them), because it is FREE to play. Free Realms (of which i've also played a little of), is another free one.
The Agency will be free to play, so why not DCUO? i know SOE has to make money, but there are LOTS of other ways they can do it besides highway robbery every month.
i'm on shaky ground when it comes to my finances, and i can't spend as much on games as i used to. i already bought way too many in the first 6 months of the year, and there's still more to come.
DCU Online is on a "holding pattern" in terms of my purchasing intent. other games have now been shifted to the forefront. that's a real shame for SOE.
3 months ? Dont be such a tit
I mean sure any number of people can proabbly use the same copy of WOW or any other MMO on one PC, use it on others, but you still have to pay for multiple accounts, use multiple PCs if multiple people in the same household want to play together at the same time.
i'd still have to pay $30 a month in order to play with my wife. not to mention that we only have one PC capable of running an MMO (the laptop is too old).
even if we could install the same disc on both PCs, that doesn't eliminate the $360 a year i'd be paying for the two of us to play.
i won't even touch the MMO on consoles failing from Darkfiber. there hasn't been a real MMO on a console to actually prove or disprove that. we'll just have to wait and see.
This seems very similar to this article:
http://n4g.com/news/549637/...