subscription fee starting is not right

[Akumu]

I will be there with you... though on a different server. Also I believe they said no matter what even if everyone stopped playing and no one paid they would still go on with bringing up v2.0.

No matter what when paying starts they will have more money :P

the cat is amused =^.^=

Exacty. QFT.

If everybody but one person left the game the day subs start that will still be $10 a month more than the past year.

Agree! So why hurt their player base by pinching pennies a couple of months early?

PC player base doesn't matter when it comes to numbers. We are already dwindling numbers and only the PS3 base will bring this game out of the hole it's in. If some more of the niche leave who cares. They will still make more money regardless to help fund the project.

[grandm]

Agree! So why hurt their player base by pinching pennies a couple of months early?

i'm sure there are many reasons ranging from keeping share holders happy. clawing back some losses. see how many ppl are willing to pay, and my fav weeding out the trolls

[normalforce]

Exacty. QFT.

If everybody but one person left the game the day subs start that will still be $10 a month more than the past year.

Don't forget the server costs they'd save if they had to shutdown some worlds.

[Ilean]

PC player base doesn't matter when it comes to numbers. We are already dwindling numbers and only the PS3 base will bring this game out of the hole it's in.

Never seen it happen in any PC+Console MMOs out there.

[NadienKirisame]

Agree! So why hurt their player base by pinching pennies a couple of months early?

Hmmm that is interesting that you say that... I am one of the players yet they are hurting me none at all. If you wish to see the story and stuff up until v2.0 then you have to stick around and play... I very much so wish to see this story and I very much wish to keep playing. I don't think they are pinching pennies at all I think they need to charge something since this game was not meant to be F2P to begin with... I actually would have had 0 problems paying for this when it was released a year ago but that is just how I am since money means very little to me.

I know money means more to others but this is me I am talking about. I also see nothing wrong with the way things are going and I can not wait to see more... Am I a white knight or some such other term people here like to toss around? I don't think I am since I'm not blind I see when things are wrong but I do not sit in the doom and gloom of anything... as the song goes... always look on the bright side of life...

the cat is bemused =-.-=

[Bowen]

Oh lord, another one of these threads? I thought we were done with these.
;_;
But, anyway as someone said before, even if a large portion of the player base leaves, SE will be getting paid more than they did before. I know ill be sticking around as long as my parents let me use their computer. (*Mine is currently broken due to my little siblings.*)

[NadienKirisame]

Oh lord, another one of these threads? I thought we were done with these.
;_;
But, anyway as someone said before, even if a large portion of the player base leaves, SE will be getting paid more than they did before. I know ill be sticking around as long as my parents let me use their computer. (*Mine is currently broken due to my little siblings.*)

Yes sadly Bowen... but then these threads and others like it pop up all the time... every day... over and over...

the cat is bemused =-.-=

[Ilean]

Hmmm that is interesting that you say that... I am one of the players yet they are hurting me none at all. If you wish to see the story and stuff up until v2.0 then you have to stick around and play... I very much so wish to see this story and I very much wish to keep playing. I don't think they are pinching pennies at all I think they need to charge something since this game was not meant to be F2P to begin with... I actually would have had 0 problems paying for this when it was released a year ago but that is just how I am since money means very little to me.

I know money means more to others but this is me I am talking about. I also see nothing wrong with the way things are going and I can not wait to see more... Am I a white knight or some such other term people here like to toss around? I don't think I am since I'm not blind I see when things are wrong but I do not sit in the doom and gloom of anything... as the song goes... always look on the bright side of life...

the cat is bemused =-.-=

I find your opinion very reasonable, just have in mind that I am not complaining about they charging us, only that they aren't even giving us a month before charging after 1.20 hits, and it's in the middle of the holidays.


I don't mind paying those 10$ bucks at all but it bothers me that this mad rush to grab our money will result in a good number of the player base leaving or taking extended breaks....

[Akumu]

Never seen it happen in any PC+Console MMOs out there.

An MMO only needs a good 500k subs to survive and become a success to a company. Anything more is a highly welcomed bonus to the players and the company. FFXI has brought in a lot of profit to SE and it only peaked at around 800k(?). Also, consoles have a wider audience than PC since most people are not willing to put so much money into a gaming PC.

[Bowen]

Yes sadly Bowen... but then these threads and others like it pop up all the time... every day... over and over...

the cat is bemused =-.-=

What bothers me is not so much that there is another one but, that it is on the front page.
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