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What would you pay for Fallen Earth ?

RPGnubRPGnub Member Posts: 96
in Fallen Earth
Now FE happens to be one of my most anticipated games ever since I first heard of it

Since things actually seem to take on some solid shape now

I'd like to discuss the topic of the actual price for the game.

I am not trying to be a cheap bastard since honestly I don't mind the concept

of a monthly fee in itself if the quality of the game I am playing warrants it.



There is, however something that is always bugging me when deciding whether

I really want to settle for a game that is going to charge me monthly and that

is the question whether I will actually have enough time to devote to the game in order to warrant its price.



In numbers the ideal price for me would be the set amount of 10 Euro (13 US dollars) a month.

A normal price which to me sounds like it's going to generate enough revenue for the game to be profitable

while at the same time it won't making me feel like I've been wasting cash when I didn't have time to play much.

A retail box is ok to me too if it is being sold for a reasonable price which considering you're going to pay

monthly anyway would be at max 30 Euro for the box including one month of playtime.



Now I don't know whether you will agree but personally I think a monthly fee should also include free, somewhat regular updates both in content as well as bugfixes. Charging extra for more or less mandatory content upgrades when you're already paying monthly would in my opinion be somewhat unfair for the customers so personally I wouldn't like something like that.



In short: To me a one time payment for the box + a monthly fee of 10 Euro would for me be the most cost-effective solution.



So what is your opinion ?

Am I being a cheap bastard who's asking for too much or should the game even be cheaper in your opinion ?

Comments

  • CthulhuvongCthulhuvong Member UncommonPosts: 433
    That sounds like about how I expect them to do it. that roughly translates to the $50 box you buy and then the $15 a month that most games are.



    Hell, I'd pay extra money for a collectors edition box if they made it.

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  • neifyneify Member Posts: 3
    It would be nice if they could do a monthly fee or a lifetime membership like LOTRO is doing.  A onetime fee of $100 -$200 to play all you want for the life of the game.  I wish more games would do their subscriptions like this.
  • complexiatorcomplexiator Member UncommonPosts: 121

    15$ a month will be just fine. And a free download ofcourse.

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  • SUMB44SUMB44 Member Posts: 182
    Anything more than $15/month will turn people off.  Anything less than $15/month will cause people to question why it's so cheap...  $15/month is the industry standard.  Having said this, a lifetime membership fee would be acceptible, after a trial period, if it can convince you to play it for life.  I think $100-200 would be too much committment for many. 
  • GreenHellGreenHell Member UncommonPosts: 1,323

    I'd go 50 for the game and 15 a month. Hell I may even pay more for the simple fact there are no elves. 

  • maxpfaffmaxpfaff Member Posts: 42
    lol is it just me or does this whole post sound like a publisher trying to evaluate a monthly fee ?
  • green13green13 Member UncommonPosts: 1,341

    I imagine they'll go with the standard $15 a month.

    But when considering this question I think you have to take into account the in-game voice chat. That removes the added expense of having to rent your own ventrilo or teamspeak server. That's almost $1 a month (per player) saving just there.

    http://www.fallenearth.com/pr/Vivox_Icarus_PR_final.pdf

  • AzorenAzoren Member UncommonPosts: 4
    I'd like to see a cheaper box price to encourage people to try it out.  After all, this game isn't going to get nearly the amount of hype that games like EQ2 and WoW had.  Not to say that it shouldn't, but it's a small developer and post-apoc is an unpopular genre in the MMO world.



    The monthly fee, I agree, should be the standard $15 USD or equivalent.
  • RPGnubRPGnub Member Posts: 96
    Originally posted by Azoren

    I'd like to see a cheaper box price to encourage people to try it out.  After all, this game isn't going to get nearly the amount of hype that games like EQ2 and WoW had.  Not to say that it shouldn't, but it's a small developer and post-apoc is an unpopular genre in the MMO world.



    The monthly fee, I agree, should be the standard $15 USD or equivalent.
    Yes like I said I'd like the box price to be around 30 $ since paying full price for a game that requires a monthly fee would turn me off as well, no matter how great FE sounds. The standard price of 15 $/month would be ok too I guess since those two extra bucks won't kill me after all.

    Still, any special offers would be welcome since although 15 $/ month is a joke compared to what my smoking habit costs me I still like my gaming habit to be cost-effective.
  • LordKyellanLordKyellan Member Posts: 160
    After just checking out the game's site today, I am reservedly excited for it. I think the industry standard of $13-15/monthly is pretty much all that people will accept these days. Raise it higher, you scare people off - put it lower, people wonder why it's low.



    I'd be more excited, but I've been burned by following games developed by small studios before...

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  • JTJT Member Posts: 401

    I've been watching this game for a long time. Paying the standard price for this game wouldn't bother me at all. The industry needs to get in the habit of having 10-15 day free trials ready to go at launch. By sending these out with the full version to all outlets, this will give players that chance to try before you buy. Sure, this will cost a bit more but I would say they would gain more players paying that $50 and sticking with the game than those who pay the $50 and quit soon after.

    This game will have suck pretty bad for me not to play it. I'm having some fun in a fantasy mmog(not WoW), but I would drop it in a heartbeat for something that isn't fantasy.

  • Beta909Beta909 Member Posts: 30
    Every MMO I have ever bought has given a 30-day trial when you bought the $50 game. I know you mean a free trial, but believe it or not thats what the end of open beta is for. A big reason games like FoM failed is because the open beta went on to long and people came to the reasoning it wasn't good enough to pay for.



    Anyway on topic $15 is a good sound amount to pay for a game. I usually spend about $60 when between MMO's so its a very fair price in my case. Fallen Earth should hopefully keep my attention as SWG did (without messing up the game hugely after a 2 years.. *Sigh*)



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  • JTJT Member Posts: 401

    I understand what you mean and I've been in a lot of betas. The idea of the free trials is to get the game more advertisement in the store. You stick a sign up there and they can read the box, but that's not enough to go on anymore. Plus, there are still a lot of gamers out there that don't even know about betas.

  • suskesuske Member Posts: 714
    been waiting on this one for a while. i will wait as long as it takes! icarus save us from craptastic fantasy gaming!!!!
  • sirsammysirsammy Member Posts: 7
    i would  pay 15 per month to play hell yea
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