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Lord of the Rings Online Price Drop
Saryk
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http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=646609
Since it’s the Christmas Holidays, I thought I would let my fellow gamers know that LotRo has dropped to $9.99 for the game. My son likes the game, I prefer EQ2, but going to buy so I will atleast have an account.
And trolls, this is a FYI. If you don't like it, who really cares!
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Turbine has NOT dropped the price for LOTRO. They are running a holiday promotion. If you create an account during this time period you can get the $9.99 price. After the holidays the monthly charge will be the same as it was before.
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It's just me, so open the door.
Thanks for clarifying.
Direct from the website:
http://www.lotro.com/holidaypromo
Q. What do you get for the LOTRO player who has everything?
A. More LOTRO at a great price!
This season Turbine is excited to bring you a very special holiday offer. Now through January 31, 2008, you can start playing The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ for only $9.99 a month!
The Lord of the Rings Online special holiday promotion lets new and existing subscribers play for only $9.99 a month when they sign up for three months of service for the special price of $29.97, subject to certain terms and conditions.
Players who subscribe to the promotion will continue to be billed $29.97 every three months for as long as they maintain an active account with The Lord of the Rings Online or until they choose a different billing plan. Players who currently subscribe to The Lord of the Rings Online and select the special offer will be transferred to the Holiday subscription package once they have completed their current subscription plan.
This special offer only lasts until January 31, 2008. To sign up for this limited time offer go to myaccount.turbine.com and join us in Middle-earth™!
Special holiday offer. Play for $9.99 a month when you sign up for a three month subscription plan. Participating players will be billed $29.97 for subscription plan. Offer valid from December 1, 2007 to January 31, 2008.
LOTRO was very ambitious for it's launch. The anticipated 1 million beta accounts. Now they're already offering free trials and other gimmicks to get people in the door. Either they're doing their best to steal subscribers, or LOTRO isn't making as much money as Turbine thought.
The title of this post is a bit misleading as others have noted.
Some will see the title and draw the conclusion the game is doing poorly, ergo they dropped the price. This is not the case. Rather it is merely indicative of their seeming ability to occasionally think outside box. In this case they are using a marketing teaser rate for the holiday seasons. Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
since $9.99 is basically the cost of a 1 month subscription and you get a free month with purchase of the game, Basically the LOTRO game is free, just needs to buy the sub. HOnestly its not a bad idea. I know that LOTRO has some failings, but it is still a very good PVE game. Also, the things about MMORPGs is that they grow. What you have now is just LOTRO infancy, This game has a lot of room to grow and get better
Torrential
Torrential: DAOC (Pendragon)
Awned: World of Warcraft (Lothar)
Torren: Warhammer Online (Praag)
the game is doing poorly , the game is doing poorly, the game is doing poorly
Could you stop this allready?
Mmorpg world, let me break this to you
The game is not WOW - thus it is doing poorly
EVE is doing poorly
Tabula Rasa is doing poorly
LOTRO is doing poorly
COX is doing poorly
GW is doing poorly
EQ2 is doing poorly
None of this games can hope to match 9 million subscribers ... nor will any MMO in future
Just think ... in same time while doing poorly LOTRO is MMO of the year by Game Spy. It still holds high ranking on MMORPG.COM (although hype is way way over) , and Turbine is widely regarded and complimented - by people of bioware, blizzard ...etc
All I can say. Kudos Turbine. I will probably get the 3 month plan ... why not 25$ for 3 months (which continues until you pay 3 months in advance) is a sweet deal indeed
Oh I took his post to be that they were doing this as a holiday feature. I piss assed read through it. I knew about the $9.99 a month subscription. I was talking about the game itself. But anyway, very good deal in my opinion.
Sounds like a hoot!
Ok after reading this thread Im completely confused.
The OP just said the price dropped for the game, he never said anything about the monthly sub price.
His link shows the price of the game media is $9.99. My question is, is this a sale price or a new price for the game?
lets put the monthly charge aside, this topic only has to do with the media.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
I think it's a sale price, most places still sell it for 20-30 dollars. I can't understand why people freaked out about the monthly sub price when he clearly posted the ebgames link for the actual game.
I bought the collectors edition for $20 recently at gamestop while the the regular version was still listed at $50.
This game is priced all over the spectrum, again, the actual game.
I'd say the majority of PC games drop to $10-$20 after six months or so. It's nothing new, really. I tend to wait a while to buy games anyways, being a cheap ass gamer and all. At $10 it's well worth it for anyone on the fence about the game to give it a shot. DDO is $8 now on Amazon, which enticed me into giving that game a shot too.
I think it's a sale price, most places still sell it for 20-30 dollars. I can't understand why people freaked out about the monthly sub price when he clearly posted the ebgames link for the actual game.
I bought the collectors edition for $20 recently at gamestop while the the regular version was still listed at $50.
This game is priced all over the spectrum, again, the actual game.
thanks bud. my head was starting to spin
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
This is quite the funny thread. I knew EXACTLY what the OP was talking about...yet everyone else here seemed so confused..
Yet, if they would have just clicked on the link...
Yes..LOTRO was marked down for Black Friday, then raised back up...but now 9.99 again...weird..as to another poster...yes, games usually do drop to 20 bucks after about 6 months or so...not 10...so, this is either a sale or a last attempt to garner some scrips...
WoW or GW never had to do this...
Cheers!
Oh my god !
LOTRO is failing! Oh christ what we are going to do!
I know!
Lets go play EQ2 , thats a succes story !
Did you know that 2 years ago holliday promotion was EQ2 for free + 1 month free subscription !
Just reminding you.
And still EQ2 is live and well , and a good game ...
So please leave LOTRO alone
So, I'd peg this as a sale - an extended sale perhaps, but a sale with the idea of increasing subscription numbers, and getting people to try the game for longer than the trial period.
Check out my LOTRO Blog: www.middleearthadventurer.blogspot.com