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I was wondering, why do people buy subscriptions to games in anual sums (1 year) or 6 months. Why not just do the 1 month at a time. I always notice people posting and saying, "I got the year subscription thinking the game would be good and now I have 10 months left."
I just want to know from the people that get the subscriptions that are more than a month (3 month, 6 month, 1 year)
Do you get it because it is paid at once with a discount? (like daoc, if you pay the 1 year, it is like 10.99 a month as opposed to 14.99)
Or what?
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It's the reason you already mentioned.
Longer you subscribe, the cheaper it is per month. However I find the difference is negligible and even if I thought Id play the game for years, I still pay month by month cause you just never know.
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I wouldn't buy a year subscription unless I had already played the game for a few monthes and decided that I liked it. A friend of mine did the year sub thing with Puzzle Pirates, but he had already be playing for about 2 monthes when he did that.
If you're going to do that, buy the box, buy a game card, and if you're still there at the time your card expires, go ahead and buy the year sub.
Most people take long term subscriptions because of the discounts offered.
Personally, I never take long term subscriptions. I might enjoy a game now but that's no guarantee I'll still be enjoying it 3-4 months from now. Plus there's always the risk of some SWG-like nightmare sittuation arising.
Plus, most of the discounts for long-term subscriptions are pretty minimal. There's no way I'm going to consider tying myself into a 3 or 6 month contract when I'm only going to be saving the equivalent of buying a Coke or cup of coffee each month.