Speaking as someone who has to figure out witchcraft-related ways to pay for things on the internet, I prefer when games use the KoL model. If I don’t have five bucks to spare that month, I might miss out on a cool item, but that’s not the end of the world.

But if I don’t have a spare five bucks that month, I’ll miss out on content? That bugs me. I’m not entierly sure why, either. It is, naturally, CZ’s game and their perogitive, but that’s just how I feel.

DocBeard Posted:

Speaking as someone who has to figure out witchcraft-related ways to pay for things on the internet, I prefer when games use the KoL model. If I don’t have five bucks to spare that month, I might miss out on a cool item, but that’s not the end of the world.

But if I don’t have a spare five bucks that month, I’ll miss out on content? That bugs me. I’m not entierly sure why, either. It is, naturally, CZ’s game and their perogitive, but that’s just how I feel.

I just buy Visa Gift Cards from Wal-Mart. They’re a little expensive (Only come in $50 and $100 denominations), but they’re safe and readily accessible.

male reproductive organ Diesel Posted:

Pay to play? Hmmm.. really depends. For a game like FW I won’t pay a monthly subscription, or a yearly (unless it was guaranteed at least a few content upgrades during the course of a year). As for a subscription solely on the content of Episode 2, that really depends on the content itself. If all I am going to see are the user created forums of forumbuildr with a story wrapped around it, then no. But if the 2nd episode is at the very least twice as large as episode 1 with original content, I could see paying a “one off” fee for each of my alts at a reasonable price.

I like to support developers of innovative software/ideas. But I need to be shown that, that innovation is worth supporting in the first place before I commit. Time will tell.

My thinking is evolving in this direction. Monthly? No. Yearly? Maybe, if it was like $10. Per episode (and per alt, possibly)? Yes. It costs $10.50 to see a movie these days. FW surely gives much more entertainment value than most movies. I’d pay $10, maybe a little more depending on the FEATURE SET. Something that would work would be $10 for the first character, and then $5 for each alt after that, and maybe a $25 package that would cover ALL the alts bumociated with an account.

Marcos El Malo Posted:

It costs $10.50 to see a movie these days. FW surely gives much more entertainment value than most movies.

007Bistromath Posted:

watch some total bull**** awful movies, tbh.

That sounds fairly on par to me. I usually pay $7 for theater admission, and adding in a large Mountain Dew, I spend $11.

Which is going to make next month a KILLER. Log in to see images!

L2 Posted:

That sounds fairly on par to me. I usually pay $7 for theater admission, and adding in a large Mountain Dew, I spend $11.

Adult admission is $10.50 around here. $7 is under 12 and matinee. Can I ask you something? Are your bumocks supple?

LMAO. But I also get to write it off on my taxes, since I sort of work in the biz. I can pretty much write off any entertainment expense, including FW. It counts as professional research.

But seriously, $10.50 is standard here, unless you go to one of those crummy theaters that are still playing movies that are already out on DVD. You know, the ones with $2 Tuesdays?

no, i’m cheap.

I think it’s best to be as sneaky as possible with the pay to play stuff — like all those Korean RPGs (and soon Mythos) that are “free” but require you to buy items to get anywhere without spending 10 billion hours. If you’ve got time investment from a player and can stir up their voracious desire for L337 G34R before they want to buy, then you’ve nailed em’. Just try not to be dix like Something Awful and sell a car and THEN tell people that the rear-view mirror, hubcaps, tail pipe, engine block, pedals, and everything else someone would expect to get with a car are sold separately. Or maybe try that, I dunno, it works for them.

This is all about marketing and psychology. Work on a price structure that caters to an endless desire (like Magic the Gathering or Pox Nora) and you’ll roll in the dough. People love UNLIMITED ACCESS and BONUS STRUCTURES (I know I totally can’t resist a bulk pack thing where I can spend 5 bucks more for a better deal), so try and work off that.

Lastly, personally, I totally wouldn’t mind paying $5 to $10 for Episode 2. I mean, seriously, this game has been more fun than a lot of the $60 titles I’ve bought, so how the **** can I justify whining?

Maybe you can charge 5 bucks per episode, but make it last a month or so, and give those who play a chance to win a free episode via the forumwarez domination games or have a higher probability of finding a free-play card in the P0wn shop the more episodes a player buys…there are many possibilities.