Comments on: The Old Republic – One Micro Transaction at a Time

By: Game by Night » How we pay is pretty much up to Bioware

Game by Night » How we pay is pretty much up to Bioware — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:29:23 +0000

[...] shops were still a hot button issue for most gamers, so they were quick to recant the statement. More recently though, the subject arose again, this time supporting the RMT model with the use of [...]

By: coldheat.de - Zwo Mark Fünfzich je Loot

coldheat.de - Zwo Mark Fünfzich je Loot — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:08:51 +0000

[...] querfinanzieren. Selbst das kommende Star Wars MMO scheint schon jetzt in der Beta ähnliche Systeme zu installieren. Für neue MMOs wird nur dieser Weg an WoW vorbei in den Markt führen. [...]

By: Exidus

Exidus — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:04:29 +0000

MT’s are a waste of time and should never be put into any MMORPG unless it’s a F2P game. Personally I can’t stand it when the guy standing next to me bought his gear because he doesn’t have the time to farm for it or run PvE content to EARN it.

It’s all about earning what you have, buying gear from an online store is no different than buying gold from gold farmers.

By: yunk

yunk — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:22:34 +0000

I love pay per use. $15 a month is cheap for one game yes, but it gets expensive if you want to play more than one. Right now I can call my friends and say “let’s log into WoW / DDO / LOTRO / W101″ etc and choose since I only pay monthly for WoW, but in other games I pay by zone or have a lifetime account so I can play whenever I feel like, and not feel like I’m wasting money, and only pay for how much I use it.

I couldn’t have more than one game going if I had to pay subs. Well I could, but that would be a big tradeoff. If I’m not online as often on a particular game, then I’m not costing the company too much money.

The more I think about it the more I think it’s silly for anyone to expect me to play only one game. When did we ever play only one game growing up? Companies that have a price plan that acknowledges you will try other games will probably do better, since there are so many who do. With a pay per use model SWTOR won’t need to steal players from WoW or any other game, just borrow them from time to time.

By: Ablimoth

Ablimoth — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:34:29 +0000

Eh, $15/month to play the game is cheap anyways (it’s cheap at $20 IMO). The good thing about micro-transactions is that they’re entirely optional. I’m excited about this game, I’ll definitely give it a shot, I’ll probably buy some micro-transactional stuff too.

In the end, the game has to be worth the cost. Knowing Bioware, it will be for me… but many people have an aversion to micro-transactions (for one reason or another) so it adds an extra level that it has to be good enough for them.

I concur with Andrew too, it would be nice to see a mainstream game come out with micro-transactions out of the box.

By: Bonedead

Bonedead — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:27:38 +0000

Laaaame

By: Stabs

Stabs — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:09:43 +0000

I wonder if the store will be fully voiced.

“…puff….wheeze….your $10 is insignificant compared to the power of the Force….”

By: Game by Night » Rumor: Micro-transactions in SW:TOR?

Game by Night » Rumor: Micro-transactions in SW:TOR? — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:25:40 +0000

[...] does an excellent job of asking the important questions so I’ll leave that to her. For my part, I’ve had an inkling that micro-transactions [...]

By: Ethic

Ethic — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:56:34 +0000

Where did you hear that? You’d think they would make a bigger deal about something like that. /sarcasm

By: Longasc

Longasc — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:22:44 +0000

Whatever their subscription / business model will be. One thing is for sure: It will be fully voiced!