Do You Believe That People Will Pay A Subscription ?

Do you guys believe in the near future that people will actually pay a monthly fee to play games like Madden and COD online ?

I do lol, people are really that stupid, we are sheep whether we like it or not. When IW announced that they will be releasing 5 maps for $15 people raged, it was like what $15 for something that should be unlocked by default or at least 800 MSP ?

THEN they released another map pack and people bought that one too (!), think about it, you can buy Gears Of War 2 GOTY with 20 maps all for just $30 while IW and Activision charge you $30 for just 10 poorly designed maps !

I'm not even going to touch on EA's greed because I believe they will someday convince people to buy their games twice lol.:P

So now this all goes back to my original question, if and when a company decides to charge a monthly fee to play games will people eventually warm up to it ?

Pay to play is ok providing
1) You dont have an initial cost.
2) They are CONSTANTLY updating the content
3) The fee is reasonable.

Look at games like EVE and WOW, people pay for those and you get an almost infinite amount of content. But if we had to pay for COD in the state it was in, I dont think it would hold up too well.

If they're die-hard fans of the game then I'd imagine they would pay the fee, but if (like me) you could easily do without CoD, then they won't pay.

If you buy new you will not have to pay anything. It will have a code you input like ME2's Cerberus Network giving the initial buyer the ability to play online free, however if you were to buy the game used and someone had already used the code this is when paying extra to play online will come into play.

Pay to play is ok providing
1) You dont have an initial cost.
2) They are CONSTANTLY updating the content
3) The fee is reasonable.

Look at games like EVE and WOW, people pay for those and you get an almost infinite amount of content. But if we had to pay for COD in the state it was in, I dont think it would hold up too well.

D1zzyCriminal

It's exactly this. But sadly, it would be impossible to offer updates as consistantly and with a level of quality on par with games like WoW and EVE with a game like Call of Duty or a sports title. It just wouldn't work. Not to mention, they would have to absolutely hammer down on cheaters. People complain all the time about how they get ten messages an hour offering boosts and other cheating methods, etc. It's upsetting enough that MS isn't doing more. Charging a monthly fee to pay a shooter on top of an initial cost will spell the end of any franchise that does so.

If you buy new you will not have to pay anything. It will have a code you input like ME2's Cerberus Network giving the initial buyer the ability to play online free, however if you were to buy the game used and someone had already used the code this is when paying extra to play online will come into play.

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I still don't look at that as paying extra. It's just money that should have gone to the developer at the onset of the purchase anyways. If you don't buy the game new and you play online, you actually end up costing a developer money. They don't see a penny from a used sale. And it costs money to maintain a network of online players.

(Edit was for a spelling mistake)

I personally wouldn't "pay to play" CoD: MW2, but other games I might IF there was no initial sixty dollar entry ala XBL.

I just posted this in the comments section in an article, and thought it would go good here as well:

You could get me to pay on a month to month basis if the following criteria were met:
1. No initial cost
2. After the first 3 months of release, I would expect constant, quality updates on a monthly basis
3. Strict regulation and instant banning of cheaters or other exploiters.
4. A pricing structure of no more than $15 a month for the most "triple" of "triple A" titles, and a $5 - $10 per month structure for other titles.
5. No other incurred costs (such as an XBL gold or PSN + subscription)

I just posted this in the comments section in an article, and thought it would go good here as well:

You could get me to pay on a month to month basis if the following criteria were met:
1. No initial cost
2. After the first 3 months of release, I would expect constant, quality updates on a monthly basis
3. Strict regulation and instant banning of cheaters or other exploiters.
4. A pricing structure of no more than $15 a month for the most "triple" of "triple A" titles, and a $5 - $10 per month structure for other titles.

5. No other incurred costs (such as an XBL gold or PSN + subscription)Aural_Assault

the $15 would turn out to be more than an XBL subscription...and it would all be for one game.

I would warm up to $5 a month, it would need perfect matchmaking, plus being able to create public playlists on the fly...if a company can do this they'll get my money.

If it does happen I will stop buying multiplayer games.

the $15 would turn out to be more than an XBL subscription...and it would all be for one game.

I would warm up to $5 a month, it would need perfect matchmaking, plus being able to create public playlists on the fly...if a company can do this they'll get my money.

roscoedash23

But I could cancel it anytime I want. Most of us don't stick to one title for very long. Like I said, those are just my preferences. Not to mention I'm not paying $60 for the game. If you buy a game and pay a year of live, that's $110 at a bare minimum. And like I said, I would only pay $15 a month for the very very very best game.

Imagine if they took away XBL subscription and it was free. Then people pay for their favourite games. While it MAY help some communities to be better, it still won't work very well. Of course there will be some people who buy it, but I don't believe it would last long. I will not pay extra. Could you imagine what other ideas they could get... sell new games for like £5 but there's a catch... every game mode costs money and if it's only a single player game it would cost £30 anyway... so basically you would need to be able to have an internet connection and buy an incomplete game to unlock and pay for more features in the game. If anything changes for the worst, I will just stick with my current games or buy old ones I never had the chance to play on my 360 and PS2/PS1.

Do you guys believe in the near future that people will actually pay a monthly fee to play games like Madden and COD online ?

I do lol, people are really that stupid, we are sheep whether we like it or not. When IW announced that they will be releasing 5 maps for $15 people raged, it was like what $15 for something that should be unlocked by default or at least 800 MSP ?

THEN they released another map pack and people bought that one too (!), think about it, you can buy Gears Of War 2 GOTY with 20 maps all for just $30 while IW and Activision charge you $30 for just 10 poorly designed maps !

I'm not even going to touch on EA's greed because I believe they will someday convince people to buy their games twice lol.:P

So now this all goes back to my original question, if and when a company decides to charge a monthly fee to play games will people eventually warm up to it ?

I've heard some pretty dilusional money-making ideas from the heads at Activision. I'm sure in the future they will try forcing a subscription on games like Call of Duty, but I doubt they'll be successful. Every other "pay to play" subscription game on consoles has flopped so far, and I don't think this would be any different. I imagine a lot of people would rather opt out of paying ANOTHER fee on top of the XBL subscription fee. Games like WoW are successful with the subscription because there's so much content, it literally takes months (years?) of actual gameplay to experience it all.

I'm betting they got away with chargin $15 for a couple of maps because they weren't excluding the market. People can still buy and play the game without the maps, and people that DID buy them just put a few extra bucks in their pocket. Charging a subscription would force people to choose between playing their game or shifting their attention to a different franchise that doesn't charge a fee, which I think is a strange dilemna when game-makers are usually scrambling to make their games more accessible to the general public.

I shudder to think what some people would do to get their call of duty fix.

Pay to play is ok providing
1) You dont have an initial cost.
2) They are CONSTANTLY updating the content
3) The fee is reasonable.

Look at games like EVE and WOW, people pay for those and you get an almost infinite amount of content. But if we had to pay for COD in the state it was in, I dont think it would hold up too well.

D1zzyCriminal

I don't think so, people in WOW just use a private server, well the community is paying for Xbox live and needs to play more.

Unfortunately i think we are going to see many companies trying to go to a program like this. I hope it never fleshes out and becomes whole because i think it's just silly to have to pay for live than the game to continually play. I think any amount would be unreasonable to play a game online.

If they're engrossed enough with the game, of course they will. Personally though, I can do without.

I think it will be a 1 time fee in order to unlock MP. Otherwise people wont pay

I think it will be a 1 time fee in order to unlock MP. Otherwise people wont pay

The_Gaming_Baby