ironic. a few years ago a read that WoW was killing gaming because people play it for years paying for it and neglecting new releases. and now the same has to happen to all genres to "save" the publishers?
like Killiana1a said: with such a system there will be (about) one big game in every genre. everyone will just play "the best" shooter online because no one would pay for multiple online shooters at a time. ...and why buy any new ones if you don't want to play them online because you already pay for another one?
thats why almost all mmos struggle. most players have a WoW subscription and even if they are looking for some diversity, they buy Warhammer or Aion or LotRO and play the free month. After that 90% of them quit though, because they already have their WoW subscription and won't pay for multiple games at the same time. The drop-off of all the "WoW killers" after just the first month was HUGE.
plus, you don't get free content patches and not even dedicated servers in most games as you do with MMOs, why should i pay a monthly fee for p2p hosted games? lol
about games giving too much value nowadays: i disagree. DLC is usually a joke: 1-5 hours additional gametime doesn't mean anything in the long run... in fact, those usually are the most expensive hours per dollar/euro of the games.
my average time per game used to be WAY higher in the 90s or early 00s than it is now. i played games like Grand Prix 2, The Settlers 2, Starcraft, Diablo 2, Football Managers, Dungeon Keeper etc. for YEARS. If anything, these new cinematic games lack the replay value of the classics and are played a lot less by me. The other difference between those classics and games nowadays is that there have not been sequels every single year, making last years game obsolete. of course there have always been sequels, but nowadays every big IP releases at least one title per year. i am not surprised fewer players are buying them with each year. actually it surprises me that so many are still buying them each year.. and day 1 when the price is very high, too.
