Lifetime Subscription

[Alhanelem]

300 bucks life time? when 120*7=840 bucks? I highly doubt they will do that to lose 400 bucks per person that goes this route. They would lose money in the long run.

With a life time sub:

-The company is banking on you to either 1) quit before you exceed the value of the lifetime subscription in game time, OR

- become a hardcore contributor to the game community and economy, making it easier for the monthly subscribers to stay in the game. It really does help them a lot to get the larger amount of cash up front, even if they end up losing money on you later. Content is developed waaay in advance, so the extra money means they can invest more into getting that content out sooner.

Especially with a new, unproven game, the lifetime sub can earn a company extra cash in the case where the game doesn't do well and the lifetime subbers end up quitting before they get their money's worth.

[Starlord]

With a life time sub:

-The company is banking on you to either 1) quit before you exceed the value of the lifetime subscription in game time, OR

- become a hardcore contributor to the game community and economy, making it easier for the monthly subscribers to stay in the game. It really does help them a lot to get the larger amount of cash up front, even if they end up losing money on you later. Content is developed waaay in advance, so the extra money means they can invest more into getting that content out sooner.

Especially with a new, unproven game, the lifetime sub can earn a company extra cash in the case where the game doesn't do well and the lifetime subbers end up quitting before they get their money's worth.

It's a Gambler's Move, I wouldn't roll on that to me at least.

[Alhanelem]

It's a Gambler's Move, I wouldn't roll on that to me at least.

it is a gamble, but it's not as poor of a bet as you're probably thinking. 2 years is a long time to play a game. And while quite a few of us played XI for much longer than that, a much larger percentage did not.

[Kallivis]

It's a Gambler's Move, I wouldn't roll on that to me at least.

Business is all about gambling and taking risks. To say anything SE has done already is not a gamble is ridiculous. ARR in itself is an absolute gamble. This is the biggest gamble I've ever seen in the entire game industry. Who the hell revives a dead MMO with another multi-million dollar investment that shoots labour through the roof? Super Yoshida, that's who.

[prymortal]

I'd buy one (Lifetime Subscription)