Pachter on subscription based multiplayers.

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#1 scotty182
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I just watched michael pachters latest episode of pach attack and he believes that developers have no choice but to start charging subscription fees for the multiplayer parts of their games because people are getting way too much for their money and developers can't afford to keep supporting it without charging. He goes on to say that because plaers are getting 10 hours or more from the multiplayer in modern warfare 2 that there is replayability but then you shouldn't get that much for you're money. I think this is completely nonsence as developers have been giving out free online multiplayerfor years.
However I do agree that developers like activision and EA will start charging for multiplayer but only through their own greed and nothing else.

What's your thoughts on this?

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#2 SemiMaster
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Why is he important? How did he become the leading expert on video games and stocks? Half of his predictions are wrong, that or he just says what people in the industry are saying, not based on his own analytical skills.

Paying subscriptions on multiplayer games will never last unless it's an MMO like WoW, FFXI, Everquest or something like Halo or Call of Duty. ESPECIALLY if it's not hosting dedicated servers.

You certainly can't charge for games like Kane and Lynch multiplayer.

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The day I have to pay more to avoid getting too much for my money is the day I stop gaming.

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#4 muthsera666
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It makes sense to some extent. Look at how many hundreds of hours people can get off a multiplayer game, just after the initial $60 game. That's an incredible amount of entertainment for the price. I can understand the rationale of wanting to charge for the multiplayer. I'm not saying I agree, but I can understand.
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there's one thing you can rely on Pachter and that's being wrong, how does this guy have a job, seriously, I could do it better, many people on this site could do it better then again maybe he gets a lot of fan mail for being such a douche, and he's giving it back to gamers by implanting this idea in publishers heads that it will be acceptable, his way of giving us the finger