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Would you pay a monthly sub for an mmo if you could make money by adding new content to it?
sargos7
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The only people who will make money off systems like these are those who are willing to exploit and bot as much as possible, which will quickly ruin the entire game.
Edit: Although technically I suppose this would be different, since it's actually adding new content. Still, I'm not a modder - so the vote would still be no as it'd be irrelevant for me.
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I would expect a return of some sort from the developer though. Whether it be game time plus other digital products, a service fee, or even better, allow artists to sell the cosmetic stuff like gear and they get a percentage of the sales.
Just spitballing a few ideas but games are getting to the point that subscriber contributions should be considered.
It could go one of two ways:
-A monthly competition where players submit their designs, and the community votes on which ones they like the most, and the winners get the prize money and then the game company goes to work creating their designs to add to the game.
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-The game is set up in such a way that anyone can add anything at any time (kinda like how you can share custom Sims and stuff in The Sims, but more robust) and you get paid based on how often people use your content.
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The MMO would actually need to be good enough to justify the monthly fee though, or simply be a B2P title (potentially with an optional sub).
And some will always whine, no matter what a developer does.
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Landmark was designed to make SOE some go between money and for no other reason.Their sales pitch was all about YOU...of course,but in reality it was all about SOE.
A quality game needs systems and scripts,players are not going to be able to do that,all they are able to do is like in LM manipulating some visuals and nothing more.
Now if a developer put in all the work to make a great game PLUS added in tools for players to add in visual assets,that would be a bonus.That was the FAKE story behind LM,does anyone still believe SOE had any intentions of turning it into a game?
I would like to see full out importing of files,just limit how big each players files can be for the month or year,whatever.Then maybe every week import all the files and then all the players update their game.Bottom line is that i am not big on Voxels at all.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
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Is this a poll for the unemployed?
Yes, just like SecondLife.
My opinion in this is based upon participating for years in a MMO that allows what the OP suggests and not just idealism. I saw bugs stay unfixed for years because Rolf did not want to deprive a few Players from making money because due to the bugs, I saw favoritism on the part of Staff because they stood from profiting from swinging a decision one way or the other, I saw alliances tear themselves apart because someone wanted to drive another Player out of the game because that Player was interfering in some one's real life game profits.
I don't care what people use to justify these kind of selfish BS actions and situations, in my opinion there is no place in Online Gaming such as MMOs for such nonsense.
They want the movie experience and not a interactive experience.
If you make a game where players literally create content and upload it, then only the nerdiest of the nerds will play it. Everyone else will find that kind of game boring.
This has its roots in our western society. Our society is anti-intellectual. This means that kids who challenge authority or solve homework problems in a way other than what the textbook dictates is punished. Kids are taught to accept authority without question and to avoid creativity or non-conformance at all costs. When they play games, they play games that lead them down a clear path with little room for creativity because it fits in with their worldviews.
This is mainly why eastern society has more engineers and scientists than western society.
If you were to release a game like you describe in a country like India or China, it would be mildly successful because the people there who have game ready computers are all generally high IQ college educated scientifically minded types.
In the west we have those college educated liberal artsy types of people who hate scientific thinking, exploration, and problem solving.
I'd pay a sub for a good MMO without the greedCraft feature though.