Suggestion regarding subscription model.

[Gilmour]

Hey folks.

I saw a commercial in tv for a phone company with a family plan they have, basically making subscriptions cheaper the more you have. This concept could effectively work for uo as well.

Example:
1 account: normal price
2 accounts: 33c discount per month per account (or the equvilent an extra day via gametime per 30 days)
3 accounts: 66c discount per month per account (or the equvilent two extra days via gametime per 30 days)
... So on and so forth up to a maximum discount eligability of the accounts a master account can hold (10).. numbers is just something i throw out there, and not neseserelly those.

This would make individual accounts cheaper for players, which would in term:
- Incentive to open or reopen more accounts
- less likely to deactivevate accounts

Which would (i believe) more than enough, cover the discount given to the individual account (per account income loss)

Anyways.. I am just tossing the idea out there..

Have a good Sunday!
- Gilmour

 

[Lord Gandalf]

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[Lord Frodo]

Sadly EA does not give discounts to UO.

 

[SpyderBite]

Gah. Don't get me started on subscriptions. I love the F2P model with a cosmetic micro-transaction store. I've spent nearly $2500 in the past 2 years on F2P games. Yet I come back to UO and have barely spent $100 in a month because there is nothing to buy in game on the store.

Stop charging me 14/mo and for expansions and for in game purchases. Drop the subscription.. completely. Boost the inventory in the in game store. Give us things like more backpack pack storage, more bank storage, more housing storage, more vanity clothing, etc.

Ok.. I give up. I'll let it go. I just can't believe that SWtOR and UO are the only games that still push a sub.. well.. I guess I can.. cause they're both EA

 

[Lord Frodo]

Gah. Don't get me started on subscriptions. I love the F2P model with a cosmetic micro-transaction store. I've spent nearly $2500 in the past 2 years on F2P games. Yet I come back to UO and have barely spent $100 in a month because there is nothing to buy in game on the store.

Stop charging me 14/mo and for expansions and for in game purchases. Drop the subscription.. completely. Boost the inventory in the in game store. Give us things like more backpack pack storage, more bank storage, more housing storage, more vanity clothing, etc.

Ok.. I give up. I'll let it go. I just can't believe that SWtOR and UO are the only games that still push a sub.. well.. I guess I can.. cause they're both EA

Did WOW go F2P

 

[SpyderBite]

Did WOW go F2P

Dunno. Played it for 5 mins in the 90's.

 

[Piotr]

Dunno. Played it for 5 mins in the 90's.

No you didn't. WoW was first released November 23rd 2004.

 

[SpyderBite]

No you didn't. WoW was first released November 23rd 2004.

And. That make my point more or less important?

 

[Piotr]

In a time with "alternative facts" and " selective truths", I guess not.

 

[skett]

I have to agree ftp seems like they would pull in more revenue.
As long as they add a lot of items in the in game store like ps lesser artys etc.

 

[Tanivar]

Wish they would put better house deco in the store, I've tons of deco items from years past on Chessie I'd love to buy for Siege. Most of it you can't get anymore because they only gave it out once or the rares people whined to much.

 

[DJAd]

Did WOW go F2P

I believe it did. At least until you hit a certain level or something like that. I don't play it but i remember reading an article about it.

 

[Gilmour]

Calling wow f2p is the equvilent of limiting a version of uo to only roam ilshenar and capping skills at 60.. more like time-unlimited demo..

 

[ShriNayne]

I think WoW is free for 20 or 30 levels or something, not sure, never played it. SOE did some research on sub v's free when they were deciding whether to make EQ2 free to play. They found on average people spent more per month in 'free' games with a decent store than they did on a subscription.

 

[Aran]

Leave the poor horse alone, it's barely even bone left at this point