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What is the likelihood for this mmo to exist?

sinnerbylawsinnerbylaw Member Posts: 11
in General Gaming
Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?

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  • VendakuVendaku Member Posts: 77
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?

     

    I am pretty sure you will never see this happen. :)

  • ethanlallaethanlalla Member UncommonPosts: 105

    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=252588829

     

    This will be f2p but not the crap f2p you are used to. the option is also there to subscribe.(of course)

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  • sinnerbylawsinnerbylaw Member Posts: 11
    Originally posted by Zarbyte
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?

     

    I am pretty sure you will never see this happen. :)

    Why would it be impossible?

  • JayFiveAliveJayFiveAlive Member UncommonPosts: 601
    This game already exists, it's called Project 99. :P They can only do it though because they didn't have to develop the game from scratch, they are just modifying Sony's code to recreate the original EQ. Game development is too costly, so if a game like this were ever made from the ground up it would either suck really bad, or just be super limited. 
  • sunandshadowsunandshadow Member RarePosts: 1,985
    The percent of people who will donate with no incentive (other than keeping the game going) is very small.  There have been several social gaming sites (which are kind of like "MMO lite" with lower development costs) which have been donation-only.  The survival rate for sites with this model is low; they may get enough income to cover bandwith and server costs, but they never get enough to cover development of additional content.
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  • MoiraeMoirae Member RarePosts: 3,318
    Why would any company ever do this? And how could they EVER finance the wages of the devs if they do this? You know it wouldn't work because you know people still need to be paid and that people are greedy. 
  • LeiloniLeiloni Member RarePosts: 1,266
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Originally posted by Zarbyte
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?

     

    I am pretty sure you will never see this happen. :)

    Why would it be impossible?

    Developing and maintaining games costs a ton of money. Stop being cheap. People deserve to get paid for the hard work and long hours. 

  • Superman0XSuperman0X Member RarePosts: 2,292

    Originally posted by Leiloni
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Originally posted by Zarbyte
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?
      I am pretty sure you will never see this happen. :)
    Why would it be impossible?
    Developing and maintaining games costs a ton of money. Stop being cheap. People deserve to get paid for the hard work and long hours. 
     


    Why would people give large amounts of money to fund this game? People like to feel that they get a good return on their money, and that would never be possible with a game like this. It would require that the few who do pay, to pay huge amounts, with no direct input, or return.

    The issue isnt that someone couldnt make/publish a game like this. It is that there is not enough money available to make it happen.

  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499
    If you're willing to stretch the definition of MMO somewhat and accept a very simple game that someone made in his free time over the course of several months, then sure.  There are many simple games online that are completely free, and it's just a question of whether you're willing to consider any of them MMOs.  If what you had in mind by "MMO" was "MMO with an AAA budget", then no.
  • PAL-18PAL-18 Member UncommonPosts: 844

    http://www.planeshift.it/

     

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  • DolnorDolnor Member UncommonPosts: 32

    Yeah, Planeshift is a great project that has been around for a very long time.  It has a great supportive community.

     

    As for voluntarily donating money...just about every Emulator project requires donations to continue their expansion and maintenance.  SWGemu, EnB-emulator, MxOemu, etc. are all supported via donations.

     

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  • ValhamaValhama Member Posts: 169

    It is not a viable business strategy. Keep in mind that even single player games these days can easily cost into the millions of dollars, with MMOs being into the tens to even hundred million dollar range. That is a LOT of money to invest and take a risk on. I don't expect anyone to risk that much on a gamble that people would repay it through charity, even if the game was really good. 

     

    However, there are a lot of F2P titles that do offer fair models, only cosmetic items and minor boosts. I think that's cool.  Though I personally wonder if they truly make enough money in this model. I'm more partial to standard subscription models myself. $15 is not much money a month, and for that you get access to all content, and no one can even buy cosmetic items which means that crafting is more valuable ( a lot of people want gear not just for stats but appearance too.. myself included). 

  • azzamasinazzamasin Member UncommonPosts: 3,105
    Originally posted by sinnerbylaw
    Is there a company that can make an mmo with payment method of only donations? Is it even possible for a company to be confident enough about their game to give it for "free" and not that F2P BS, and see if people would pay any amount of money to keep the game going without getting something in return other than funding a game they love. Would people even play it or pay any amount?

    F2P isn't bullshit.  If you're a Min/Maxer or hardcore 18 hour a day gamer who insists to have access to the best items and content available then it might APPEAR to be bullshit to you.  But for the many millions of gamers not like you, F2P is downright the best thing to ever come to gaming.

    Sandbox means open world, non-linear gaming PERIOD!

    Subscription Gaming, especially MMO gaming is a Cash grab bigger then the most P2W cash shop!

    Bring Back Exploration and lengthy progression times. RPG's have always been about the Journey not the destination!!!

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  • aattssaattss Member Posts: 40
    You know, there are f2p games for which the main reason people spend money is because they like the game, and not because they have to. I personally haven't found an mmo like that as I don't play that many mmos.
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