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MMO for the win, I say!



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NightDragon83 said:
For a company to charge $15 a month just to play online is ridiculous, and they should not be charging full retail price for the game either, which I'm sure they're going to be doing anyway.

$60 up front + $15/month or else the game is useless is what people should be pissed about if anything.


You've never played an MMO have you? Sorry but you are not just paying to play online. That really would be silly.

I paid for EQ,WoW, Galaxies and many others. Why? Because the amount of content and free updates was worth it. These are not games that you beat in 8 hours and are done with. With EQ for example(things have changed now) it could take you a year to max level and there was so much content in the game it would take you a week just to walk around every zone to see what it had to offer. WoW had free content patches all the time and they were constantly working to improve every aspect of the game and release weekly updates. How many 8 hour games do that?

 

People like to bring up free to play mmos but those do not exist. Sorry but I have yet to see a F2P mmo that offered free players access to every aspect of the game. Even Rift which is free to play now(I have 1329 hours in game as of today) requires you to buy things in order to access the auction house or play certain souls for your class.



mutantclown said:

I don't remember the last Elder Scrolls to sell poorly, and I don't think this will be the first one in a long while. So to everyone saying this is no big deal and the game is going to fail anyway, I shouldn't have to remind you how big ES franchise is, and those trying to make little of this subscription fee difference are such hypocrites. Many people are choosing the PS4 as their main console this generation, so you can expect many multiplats that dominated on the Xbox 360 to sell better on PS4 this time, and ES online not requiring Plus is only the cherry on top for those who don't want to be overcharged if they aren't interested in renewing or getting a PS sub for no other reason. Also, people who own BOTH consoles may not want to sub to BOTH services and this will only make it a no brainer for them to go with ES on PS4 (since it will most definitely be the superior version, as all multiplats are showing). 


They invented these devices called PCs about 50 years ago. Judging by your post, you've never heard of them. Superior version will be on the PC and there is never a charge for playing online so the only thing someone would have to worry about is the 14.99.

 

I always find it amusing that when some Sony gamers want to say that the superior version is the one everyone will want, they always act like its going to be on PS4 and the PC doesnt exist.



But you realize PS Plus is mandatory for PS4 MP......so if you call yourself a (core) gamer you'd be paying or Plus anyway right?



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

JayWood2010 said:

this is why i wont play mmo's with monthly fees. We can talk all the shit about paying for PSN and XBL but to me that isnt anything compared to paying for one game monthly.

As always it is your choice to actually pay for it, but this is certainly not my choice.

lol pretty much this. you still have to pay like 170$ a year on PS...... 170$?! are you fucking kidding me!! no way am i paying that much! do you know how many prostitutes games i can get with 170$?



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Didn't Bethesda say that price was only for monthly billing, if you bought let's say a 6 month sub, wouldn't it be cheaper?

Either way, I'm not interested in this game at all. I would rather wait for ES6



how the times have changed. when WoW launched i made a deal with the big brother of a friend of mine. i had to clean his car twice a month, and he payed my WoW sub.
nowadays people want to play a game that's designed around the item shop.



must-have-list for platforms i don't own yet:

WiiU: Donkey Kong

XBone: Dead Rising 3, Ryse

oh you guys,.. you can find drama in anything!



$180 vs $240. Still too much either way. That said at least PS+ is optional.



Hmm, pie.

MMORPGs in consoles suck.. is like giving WiiMusic to a guitar hero fan .. is just a pretty dumbed down experience

Do yourself a favor and just get one for the PC .. most will run even on cheap laptops. And this game in particular looks terrible to me .. or maybe is just because I'm used to playing this genre on the pc.



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