Comments on: Yes yes, but its FREE garbage!

By: Shadow

Shadow — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:47:03 +0000

“The graphics are bad” is probably one of the worst possible arguments you could ever make about a games success. Darkfall was interesting, and from all accounts it’s still earning. If the measure of success is visual stimulus, AoC blows everyone else away. However, if it’s maintaining a (profitable) business model and expanding past your initial starting point, declaring FAIL is a bit harder to do without coming across as totally incompetent.

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Price and success aren’t related | Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:19:21 +0000

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By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:59:38 +0000

I thought government-funded MMOs was the new thing? :)

By: John

John — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:48:00 +0000

Most MMOs don’t get funded by governments, let alone the Greek government. Do you really, honestly think that Darkfall would have survived without government grants and “partnerships with defense contractors?”

By: Xyloxan

Xyloxan — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:19:08 +0000

Wholeheartedly agree. My game time is surely more valuable than $15/month. It doesn’t matter to me whether a game is free or not if it’s not enjoyable.

By: Morgs

Morgs — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:03:53 +0000

It is sad how little value game developers put on my time.
I will spend to enjoy my 2h of game play on weeknights after hte kids go to bed. That time is very valuable to me.

So I will spend my time where i have the most fun. The barrier to entry is NOT $15 a month. But that I don’t have the time to play something I do not enjoy.

Produce a fun game that I enjoy playing, and enjoy playing with friends and your business model does not matter…

You will get my cash if you make it worth my time to play your game.

Don’t make it worth my time…no cash.

Treating the sub fee as a barrier to entry is silly. I can see it as a barrier to try it out…but really with free weekends, beta’s, trials….those intrested in TOR have already tried TOR.

Please value my time….

By: Pitrelli

Pitrelli — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:12:55 +0000

Most MMOs dont look like early 90′s throw backs with awful animations. Darkfall whilst chugging along is hardly a success, did they not peak at 75 k subscribers? Must be down to lowly 30k or so by now. And this ‘sequel’, isnt it just a revamp of the original game? You never know they might actually spend some money on the graphics engine and hopefully movement animations…..

By: Antivyris

Antivyris — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:09:44 +0000

You know, I always figured people need to stop and take a look around. With a global economy like this, OF COURSE free to play is booming right now. When it kicks back up and people have more than $20 a month disposable income, the F2P market is going to look like the next .com bubble.

When you can afford either a sub MMO a month, or basic cable and f2p junk that barely entertains you, if you have a family guess which one you usually go to?

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:00:06 +0000

Most ‘shit games’ don’t stay as a sub MMO for three years and get a sequel, do they?

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:59:02 +0000

Yea I actually mad at myself for not catching that earlier. Not sure how that happened…