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lifetime updates for sub?confirm please?
drbaltazar
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“In terms of expansion packs, what’s more important to us is the free updates. Our game updates, the free new content. It’s a subscription based service. Players are already paying $15 a month so they want to know we’re going to continue to provide them with game updates they don’t have to pay extra for. Obviously, expansion packs are something that we’re going to be doing in the future, but right now we’re focused on providing free game updates on a regular basis.”
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/01/12/bioware-working-on-swtor-content-we-wont-see-for-over-a-year/
is this true all new content are sub based no expension buying crap?men if this is true this is a huge monetary incentive!
cheer " me for chosing swtor if this is true
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Well that's expeected least that's what I thought, in a sense you still paying for it any way. If any expansion comes out say in 4 months add up the 15 dollars but in then end it's not a bad deal(Still the 15 dollars is not needed lmao) since like for WoW it'll cost even more so that's a good deal out of most MMOs IMO.
Better than Aion's aswell.
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if its 24 month! its 24 month ! at least this way it doesnt scare player away wich might have stayed,or coame, if they had known there would be new content once a season or so!
Obviously, expansion packs are something that we’re going to be doing in the future,
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Ummm what are you asking? He is clearly saying that right now they are focused on game updates rather than expansion packs, but at the end he says, "expansion packs are something that we're going to be doing in the future". That means eventually yes, there will be content released that will not be included in your sub. That's pretty standard for MMOs.
Heh, yeah. Content from sub price will likely be new instances, new minor gear, new emotes...
Anything substantial will likely come way of a full paid xpack. Standard business sense.
i guess this isnt really clear we ll have to wait what shape and form bio update system intail
Did you simply choose to ignore the part where he said "Obviously expansion packs are something that we're going to be doing in the future"?
What isn't clear? He is saying they are focusing on game updates right now, but that expansion packs are something to expected in the future. Seems cut and dry.
IT seems pretty clear.
For now they will update with content included in the sub and then they will have some purchasable expansion packs.
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Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Reading comprehension. It's the same model as WOW. You will be buying expansion packs.
nha i read it but the way he word it it sound like a far futur thing ,that we ll get update for sub for a good while dont know it sounded different from wow ,why did he mention it like its something different from wow if it isnt !doesnt make sense!maybe i am reading too much into this small phrase i linked
My head hurts.....
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James says they will eventually hit, but that Bioware are currently prioritising free updates and patches, over paid content
this is what biased me !maybe i read it wrong!i am french so maybe it has a different meaning then i read!
He doesn't mention WoW that I saw, more likely he is doing two things, trying to make people not feel like an expansion is coming out next month, like some games have done in recent past (DCUO for instance) and also making it clear that they are not trying to adopt a F2P or Freemium model on top of the sub model. I'd bet expansions are coming 6-12 months from now.
The "updates" mentioned in the quoted text will be the normal fixes, tweaks and nerfs/buffs that occur during the life of any MMO. A few minor content patches may be thrown as PR stunts.
Major new features or content additions are usually reserved for xpacks, so that the developer can make some additional money.
However, depending on how well TOR retains subs, I believe EA/BW might just throw in a few more substantial "updates" in the first 6 months after launch, to make sure the game's profile doesn't drop off the media radar completely. There's bound to be some action on that front as the GW2 launch approaches