I would rather pay for DLC's and exansions than a monthy fee, in my opinion p2p is a scam actually its a pyramid scheme.
This just might be the most disconnected thing I have seen in a while. A pyramid scheme you say?
Ummm.......Im not sure he knows what a pyramid scheme is or maybe he does and we're just unenlightened as to his meaning.
But P2P is a scam. The justification for it has always been " To keep the servers running" or " So that we can continue to add content to the game as well as provide patches! "
False all around. Many mulitplayer games have servers, and its not required to pay a service charge for them. Cant count the slews of games that have patches and no charge. Content should be charged for. After it is made. If they are going to charge me before hand for content then they might as well have been charging me for it years before the game even releases. Thats not the way the industry works though, and it shouldnt for future content once a game has released.
P2P does one thing and one thing only. It lines the pockets of the publishers and or the developers. Thats it. You get nothing for you money except the right to play a game you've already purchased, and probably not cheaply at that. Especially if you bought it new.
Its like me going out and buying an arcade machine, that belongs to me. Except in order to play it, I have to insert quarters, and then once a month a guy comes into my house, and empties the machine. And forever after, Im inserting qaurters into an arcade cabinent I already paid for.
There's a reason the American arcade scene died and the reason for that was you could pay a one time fee and play the game at home with equal graphics. And the P2P model will eventually die as well once people wake up and stop supporting it. There's no reason to keep paying for a game you purchased. If you want to buy NEW things, like expansions or content thats something you are getting for your money.
Im amazed so many people get angry at cash shops (Im not a fan either), but at least with a cash shop you are buying something with your money. With a sub fee, you are buying nothing. Absolutely nothing. But game time to a game you've already bought. Give me the game for free and then charge me a monthly fee okay. Thats at least reasonable but also kind of crappy. But to charge me for a game box and then expect me to keep paying you for absolutely nothing? NO WAY.
Sub fees are an absolute lie. They're taking your money and giving you nothing in return. And they still charge you for expansions and extra content. Dont pay them. Id rather give 15 bucks to a homeless person than give it to greedy publishers and developers any day. The homeless person doesnt deserve it any more than they do, but at least he or she needs it more.
What an utter tripe. Let me break it down for you so you understand.
In P2P subscription games you pay a flath monthly rate so that the devs can:
Pay for IG support staff
Pay for devs to continually add new content and fix bugs and exploits
Pay for servers and bandwidth
Short of fixing bugs, none of this is provided by one time fee single player games and obviously this cost money and they are giving you as a player alot in return. Ofcourse there are crappy companies that takes your money and do not provide much in support or content but that is another issue entirely.
Anyway, the reason this is far better for players is because it gives us an even playing field. Everyone is paying a flath monthly fee so there is nothing, short of buying multiple accounts, you can do to get the upper hand.
F2P on the other side is all about giving someone an upper hand. It is all about you as a player paying more to get more than your fellow player. It is inherently unfair and promotes Pay to Win which all F2P are to some extent.
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What an utter tripe. Let me break it down for you so you understand.
In P2P subscription games you pay a flath monthly rate so that the devs can:
Pay for IG support staff
Pay for devs to continually add new content and fix bugs and exploits
Pay for servers and bandwidth
Short of fixing bugs, none of this is provided by one time fee single player games and obviously this cost money and they are giving you as a player alot in return. Ofcourse there are crappy companies that takes your money and do not provide much in support or content but that is another issue entirely.
Anyway, the reason this is far better for players is because it gives us an even playing field. Everyone is paying a flath monthly fee so there is nothing, short of buying multiple accounts, you can do to get the upper hand.
F2P on the other side is all about giving someone an upper hand. It is all about you as a player paying more to get more than your fellow player. It is inherently unfair and promotes Pay to Win which all F2P are to some extent.
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