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sonaboy
05-22-03, 06:41 PM
On a monthly basis?
$5?
$10?

anyone got it yet?
StealthHawk
05-22-03, 08:18 PM
I think it is $12.99

edit: Yup, it is.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030519/lam098_1.html

**** Sony, they are greedy bastards :mad:
The Baron
05-22-03, 09:56 PM
I mean... if it was $5 a month, I'd buy it instantly.

BUT NO! GOTTA PAY $13 FOR A CONTENTLESS BUG RIDDEN UNBALANCED TRIBES 2 CLONE!

Sorry, I'm still peeved about that one.
styles-T
05-22-03, 11:20 PM
I agree..

no way I will pay a monthly fee to play an online game on top of all my bills..

:(
StealthHawk
05-23-03, 04:54 AM
And they want to charge you $49.99 for the damn retail game! It does come with a 1 month subscription, but they're still charging $37.00 for a game you can only play for 1 month. Why the hell can't Sony just charge $20 for the retail copy, and let you download the game for free? They are obviously going to recoup the money off of anyone who plays the game for a few months :mad:

It's BS like this that keeps me away from MMO games. Hell, I consider $49.99 a steep MSRP for a PC game. I expect that kind of price from a console game. The only thing I thought was more ridiculous was the $59.99 MSRP for WarCraftIII, but at least Blizzard gives you unlimited free play online.
vampireuk
05-23-03, 06:12 AM
What are they charging? Too much, any game that has a extra charge slapped on after you have bought it can kiss my British @ss
Dazz
05-23-03, 08:14 AM
Yeah thats $180 the first year, no games worth that much!
marqmajere
05-23-03, 09:35 AM
I played EverQuest for almost 2 1/2 years. Now everytime I see a game with the letters "S.O.E." on it, I turn and walk away. Sony Online is just plain greedy and shouldn't be allowed to regulate the pricing on thier own games. :mad:
rokzy
05-23-03, 10:23 AM
hahahaha

Planetside isn't even a MMORPG is it?

just a standard "team fortress" style FPS?

why the hell would you want to pay for this thing monthly?!?!?!?!?!?!

go screw yourselves Sony...
sonaboy
05-23-03, 10:25 AM
Yoinks...that DOES seem steep...i was expecting something like $6 or $8...


damn..that s*** adds up after a while...:eek:
DaveW
05-23-03, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by StealthHawk
I think it is $12.99

edit: Yup, it is.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030519/lam098_1.html

**** Sony, they are greedy bastards :mad:

Jesus Christ! 13 bucks a month??? + 50 bucks just to buy the game? Who does Sony think we are?
StealthHawk
05-23-03, 04:06 PM
Originally posted by DaveW
Jesus Christ! 13 bucks a month??? + 50 bucks just to buy the game? Who does Sony think we are?

Obviously they think we're idiots who are willing to pay exorbitant prices. And they're right. I actually have friends who want to play this game, and are willing to pay $13 monthly :rolleyes:
vampireuk
05-23-03, 05:16 PM
Yeah thats the bad thing about this, plenty of people will just hand over the cash. It's a shame people don't realise if they don't buy this Sony will not charge for it. Sony need a good kick in the teeth, talk about tearing online gaming to shreds:mad:
adv1
05-24-03, 08:47 AM
The mistake Sony is making is thinking that the kind of players who will want to play Planetside are like the players of MMORPG games, who often invest themselves heavily in their characters and get so absorbed they play for hours and hours, and for that are willing to pay monthly fees.

Planetside players are more likely to want a quick blast for an hour or two now and then, and will soon move on to the next futuristic combat game. Paying a monthly fee on top of the original cost of the game is a ridiculous idea for those kind of players.

I believe when you buy a game you pay for a full product. You're buying an online multiplayer game which infers that the work that Sony does to keep the servers running and fixing any problems is not extra, it is part of what you originally paid for in order to be able to use the product for as long as you want.

So, like many people, I'll be ignoring Planetside unless they scrap the fees.
PenguinJim
05-25-03, 04:38 AM
Do you have to pay for one month at a time? Is there no, like, '$30 for three months, $50 for six months' type thingy?

If they overcharge us for Star Wars Galaxies, looks like I'll be selling my preordered Collector's Edition on eBay...
:mad:
StealthHawk
05-25-03, 05:09 AM
Originally posted by adv1
The mistake Sony is making is thinking that the kind of players who will want to play Planetside are like the players of MMORPG games, who often invest themselves heavily in their characters and get so absorbed they play for hours and hours, and for that are willing to pay monthly fees.

Well they have designed the game to have some RPG-esque characteristics. And the game is MM, with a persistent world. So actually, yes, I think they made Planetside for gamers who like MMORPGs.