Thread: WTF is the point...

Originally Posted by Amador +JP2+

Agree with this and with RagunCajun. I don't play the MMORPG for this reason and I loved the Ultima and Warcraft series.

I completely agree, somewhat. In Theory. But the Armored Fury DLC was so Good! I spent most of my hours on Roadrage. But yes, they are not the same. Ah, the good ole days.

Originally Posted by SourceSkills

You guys misunderstand. Most industry speculators agree that the games will stay the same length in terms of hours to complete. Think of it this way for a second. You have always had the choice of how much you complete a game but never a choice with the price. You always had to buy the entire game out right for full price if you wanted to play it. Well what if you had that choice to pay as much as you wanted to for that experience. This model might go two ways(keep in mind this only pertains to singleplayer). The first would be a set price for a certain portion of the game. The second would be a pay as you go model. So say you completed this many levels today. Well the system would detect that and draw a certain fixed rate per level. Games wouldn't cost more in fact the option to pay outright for the entire game would still remain at the normal rates you see today. As for multiplayer well i would assume you would still have to buy the entire package for that but if it is a game you know already like BF you know you will be playing all of it anyways.

Personally I have nothing against this possible new way of business but I would prefer the guys in the industry would start making headway in terms of innovation before they try something like this.

Mighty optomistic of you and it sounds nice....I payed 30 bucks for fallout 3 and only played for maybe an hour (almost got old enough to shave!) Sure would have been nice to pay $3 for the time I used.

IMO, it's more likely that we will pay $10 for the first level with limited backpack, no access to "certain" areas and weapon upgrades available in game store. The first half of game will be good and once they have the equivalent of $60 + weapons$, backpack$ and special areas$ you can complain all year about how shitty the second half you paid for was.

Of course you will be able to buy the sequel in 3 months, so you won't "have" to complain all year.....

Really? wow, fallout 3 was pretty good. try again!

Originally Posted by Alundil

Hopefully that doesn't happen. You have the article link?

Sent via highly charged bolt of electricity.

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