Yes. Selling a lifetime subscription does not guarantee the game will be around for even a week. Caveat Emptor.
Are you suggesting that buying a lifetime subscription to E&B was a bad idea?
Earth and Beyond released September 2002 and closed September 2004 for a total of 24 months. If you had been paying $10 USD a month and subscribed from release till close it would have cost you 230 USD allowing for the free 30 days with the box. Asherons Call 2 released November 2002 and closed December 2005 so at 10 USD a month that would have been 360 USD with the free 30.
Given the number of failures we've seen in MMORPGs, designers need to learn it's hard enough just to make a fun game without getting distracted by unnecessary drivel.
So was I. Fun is subjective, and value is in the mind of the purchaser. Monetary wise both of those examples would have been a good deal, however since I did not care for either game $200 would have been a waste of money for me. However 200 dollars for UO, DAoC, or EQII would have been a bargain, since I spent far more than that on monthly subs for each of those games.
Given the number of failures we've seen in MMORPGs, designers need to learn it's hard enough just to make a fun game without getting distracted by unnecessary drivel.
Also too many lifetime subs would be very bad for consumers. If a whole bunch of people get lifetime subs it encourages the company to update as little as possible and to offer any future updates as paid expansions. Once you have the customer money you have it, no need to keep improving the game, not like people will unsub.
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
Anyone got any Beta 2 keys they don't want/need? My in laws would love this game and its pace so I was wondering if there were any floating around out there.
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