Subscription games - yes or no?

[Prinzip]

What is your preference? Where would you draw the line? Paying subscription to access a game and regular DLCs or would you rather pay a subscription to gain access to certain genres and have to buy DLCs separately?

[Silverlight]

Me as gaming becomes a scam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osPsUFrvrSQ

[joco]

I have no issue with paying $15.00 per month for a good MMO.

[Xero_Daxter]

I’m gonna revamp the subscription for video games. If you take a break from the game you won’t be charged until you get back into the game. And even the it will say “do you wanna be charged for this month?”.

[Morkonan]

Prinzip eredeti hozzászólása:

What is your preference? Where would you draw the line? Paying subscription to access a game and regular DLCs or would you rather pay a subscription to gain access to certain genres and have to buy DLCs separately?

These days, I would only ever pay a recurring subscription fee if the developers continued to add new, substantial, content to the product.

DLC? No. Free expansions and content patches that are immediately included in the base pay-game.

For example - Elder Scrolls Online. You can pay a subcription fee and get all the new content as part of that. If you don't pay a sub fee, you have to buy that content individually and don't get access to things like a infinite-capacity crafting materials stash and the like, plus some other perks. I think ESO does the subscription-fee model "right."


But, games like Path of Exile exist, much to the dismay of big AAA devs/pubs. It's free. It's "expansion" in the form of quarterly content-rich Leagues, are free. It makes money by selling transmogs/skins and vanity items. (Once one buys up whatever Stash space/tabs they want, they never have to buy those again.)

GGG's monetization scheme for PoE is darn near perfect, both for gamers and their business. IF the game was more multiplayer/mmo'ish friendly, I'd think about paying for sub for it. But, as it is, it's exactly fine for what it is.

[L1qu1dator]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9amakfmTHs

[Candyy]

Normally I do not like subscriptions bur since you mention games, this IS a diferent story, if after completing the game I am not going to play the game anymore and the subscription is cheap, then nothing against subscriptions 😀

[*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆Prinny☆]

If the game has consistent maintenance and support with regular content updates, sure.
But I think I'd feel less inclined to want to pay a full upfront price if I'm also paying a monthly fee on top of that.

[Xautos]

i found some MMO games with a subscription to be a delight to play in the past until they went free to play and then those games were like crap hitting a fan, it gets like that when the worst elements started playing and the quality of the updates and content dropped in order to pander to MTX as well.

[TwisterCat]

If it's the type of game that maybe has a reason to warrant one, like a rhythm game, perhaps I could overlook it, sure.

[NW/RL]

Absolutely not

[Menzagitat]

I prefer subscription if that is the same for everyone. I would not like tiered subscription with more benefits to those who pay more.
Also ideally the subscription should make purchasing cosmetics unnecessary and each cosmetic should actually found in game,, ideally tied to an item or object. I dislike this trend of trying to look cool but with low tier gear.
The subscription might drive some players away but one server for an mmo is enough. I don't need 100000 players and 20 servers to enjoy an mmorpg.
Sadly developers want profit so I have to compromise. But subscription based mmorpgs are not yet dead \o/

[Menzagitat]

Subscriptions make games fair for everyone.
Else some players would play for free (maybe as streamers) without paying at all.
And their presence on the server would be supported by others who pay.
I think the presence of "free" players is not needed.

[maquina]

I used to play WoW when I was younger but now, I don't really want to pay for that

[Spirit]

subscription is acceptable for mmos like runescape or wow, not so much for other genres. i prefer to just buy game and play forever

[Uncle Sam]

Prinzip eredeti hozzászólása:

Subscription games - yes or no?
What is your preference? Where would you draw the line? Paying subscription to access a game and regular DLCs or would you rather pay a subscription to gain access to certain genres and have to buy DLCs separately?

Subscriptions in general are not my cup of tea tbh.