Madrugador
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You guys know nothing. They are charging 99.500 CLP in my region... thats over $200 dollars...
Yeah, thank you Microsoft...
Yeah, thank you Microsoft...
Grinchy said:I've seen people drop 100s of dollars on TF2 gifts for random people on servers. I've read the stories about people buying $2000 worth of keys. People are crazy if they have money to burn and want to support a company. It seems crazy to me, but I don't see the problem with it. No one is gonna pay that much unless they really want to. Let them have their ridiculous purchases.
Dark Octave said:THIS JUST IN: THINGS COST MONEY!
It has worked very well for some games and genres.Nuclear Muffin said:FREE TO PLAY IS THE FUTURE PEOPLE!!!
Often to the detriment of those who would rather just buy the game like normal.Steve Youngblood said:It has worked very well for some games and genres.
Yeah, but is what's happening here really that bad? It might be. However, my suspicion is that many are reacting unfavorably without so much as giving it a chance. Sure, a $50 traditional product sounds just swell to me, but instead we've got one that's free to try, and probably $20 for at least one civ to experience the game proper. Additionally, there's a lot more content out there if the game monopolizes your time. $99 for six months of content? Seems pretty steep to me. Then again, six months of World of Warcraft would cost $90. Seems high to me. Ergo, I don't play WoW. But it's probably pretty reasonable for people who log on practically every day.Billychu said:Often to the detriment of those who would rather just buy the game like normal.
I understand that. I don't want the entire industry to move to this model either. However, for a one-title experiment, I really think we can hold back the feigned outrage at supercilious DLC that one doesn't need to buy. After all, though it might have been ideal to simply release via traditional means for us, I think it's worth noting that there is now a brand new Age of Empires game out that you can play legally free of charge. You can try it for free before you deride it as a scam.Billychu said:I'm not upset with this game. I was just speaking generally about F2P games.
I'm loving that I'll be able to play the parts of a game I want for $20 while not having to subsidize the parts I don't.MuseManMike said:Loving this gen.
Instead of the past where you'd have to pay full retail price for a game, only to find out you dislike it (we've all had that happen), we're letting you check the game out for free
DownWithTheShip said:I assume you get to keep it after your sub has expired?