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Originally Posted by SandMan
$30.00 for the game is a steal.....$2.50 a month, less than the cost of a McDonald's double chesseburger and Medium coke ($2.60). I think the game is a bargain and there have been versions that I have bought, yet did not play, but I still feel I got my money's worth of game play.
I would love to see an option that costs $30.00 a year in a subscription. You pay the $30.00 and it is good for 12 months. During that time you get the newest version and all upgrades to that version and if a new version comes around during your subscription period you get that. If you decided not to renew then you just have the latest version without any upgrades or future versions. This will cost the same as buying the new version every year or 16 months but it will support the developers and will allow for better games in the future. To me it is no difference paying and then paying again the next year for the new version but this will allow people wanting to buy the game but deciding they should wait because of a new version. They could get the version in a subscription and then when the new version comes out (if within the 12 month period) they get the new version.
It is a win-win situation for the game player who feels he gets something free, and a bigger win for the developer who keeps a steady cash flow of $30.00 a year from the game player. This would be ideal because it keeps revenue coming in for the developer in times when he is developing and not selling the product, and it benefits the game player because he realizes that if a new version comes out prior to 12 months from the date he makes his purchase he gets the new game.
I personally would gladly do this. I have OOTP2007 now and would pay the subscription to move up to the latest version and for the next version that comes out within the year......after all I can afford to miss a double cheeseburger and soda once a month to get hours of enjoyment from this game.......  |
I'd love to do that.
But I can also imagine the intense griping if it took more than a year to come out with a new game, and people complained about not getting their money's worth because of delays, etc.