Lifetime Subscription

[syntaxlies]

Can we have it? Pretty please?

It works very well both for the developer (that can get a nice bundle of money on the short term from people that often would quit anyway on the long term) and for the customer, that can play all he wants without worrying one bit about monthly fees for the rest of his gaming life.

For those not familiar with lifetime memberships. It's simply a subscription option in which you pay a good chunk of money (normally around $150/300 depending on the game) all at once, and then you're considered subscribed for life. No more worrying about monthly fees.

It's great value for those that decide to go for it and feel that they'll stick with the game for a long time.

I believe it was you that was pushing hard for in game rmt a couple months so you could trade Gil for subscriptions. You could probably make enough money to play for a month if you beg out side of a 7-11 for 30 mins a month if your short on cash. I'm glad that se wants just monthly sub fee at this point and hope it stays that way. Most other games have all that cash shop, tiered membership, free to play, pay to win junk. I really just want to play a game with a straight forward subscription plan.

[HiirNoivl]

Lol, I don't think any one interested in a life time subscription has any concern about cash flow.

And a lifetime sub is as simple as it gets... Remember all that hassle with switching to 30 day subs so you could keep playing and all the people who ended up having their game blacked out for days because they didn't follow directions exactly right? All that goes away if you only have to pay once. I don't know why you're connecting lifetime subs with paying gil for subs or having a cash shop... They're in no way connected.

It's just a different kind of sub.

[syntaxlies]

Lol, I don't think any one interested in a life time subscription has any concern about cash flow.

And a lifetime sub is as simple as it gets... Remember all that hassle with switching to 30 day subs so you could keep playing and all the people who ended up having their game blacked out for days because they didn't follow directions exactly right? All that goes away if you only have to pay once. I don't know why you're connecting lifetime subs with paying gil for subs or having a cash shop... They're in no way connected.

It's just a different kind of sub.

He's suggesting a lifetime sub to save money hence my helping him find a way to pay monthly. In a past thread he showed a lot of support for buying subs with Gil once again making me think maybe he don't have much money.

[HiirNoivl]

He's suggesting a lifetime sub to save money hence my helping him find a way to pay monthly. In a past thread he showed a lot of support for buying subs with Gil once again making me think maybe he don't have much money.

It is a savings but only if you stick with the game. If I paid 300 dollars, and then quit in a year or two, I lose.

[syntaxlies]

It is a savings but only if you stick with the game. If I paid 300 dollars, and then quit in a year or two, I lose.

Well I don't think he's suggesting it so he can pay and quit,lol...

[HiirNoivl]

Well I don't think he's suggesting it so he can pay and quit,lol...

It's a gamble yeah... But more for the player than the SE who wins either way.

I think most of the reservations people have with the idea is the assumption that people won't quit. Another assumption is that everyone who gets a lifetime sub will start with one and no one will go for the shorter subs. But actually, most people won't go for lifetime subs, and if they do go for lifetime subs it will be later and the savings will actually be smaller...

There are multiple ways for SE to win with Lifetime subs, and they only lose if you stick with the game which is really a win!

[AdorraEloom]

Life time sub would not benefit this game in the long run, initially they would get a nice boost, but than 3-4 years down the road there would be very little money left since I would imagine 60-70% of players would pay 300 bucks for a life time sub, so in 3-4 years there would not be that much money coming into this game so the support would die down and that would not be a good thing for a new mmo.

[HiirNoivl]

Life time sub would not benefit this game in the long run, initially they would get a nice boost, but than 3-4 years down the road there would be very little money left since I would imagine 60-70% of players would pay 300 bucks for a life time sub, so in 3-4 years there would not be that much money coming into this game so the support would die down and that would not be a good thing for a new mmo.

You have a good imagination....

[HiirNoivl]

Do you Starlord, Take FFXIV:ARR to be your MMO, to play as long as you both shall live?

[Zehira]

I don't trust Lifetime Subscription but I am willing to pay $120 a year.