Comments on: How much would you pay for your niche?

By: Alx Graham

Alx Graham — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:03:20 +0000

I’m fully onboard, when instead of paying $15/month, we’re investing it, and own/run the whole company, and what’s done in game, can always be attempted in RL too, with the support of the PEOPLE, who operate all the toons.

By: Antivyris

Antivyris — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:47:59 +0000

The MUD, Dragonrealms, (Yes, a MUD) I played had a 14$ subscription standard service, and a 35$ premium service.

There were a LOT of premium players. Oh, and before you think ‘How can a mud do that?!’, this is the same company that created the hero engine used in SWTOR from the ground up. They planned an MMO, but never got off the ground due to being crazy perfectionists. Good for making engines, bad for games, so it will likely never come out.

By: Ephemeron

Ephemeron — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:53:51 +0000

Considering how much I’ve donated to the authors of free indie games like DoomRL, Echo Bazaar and Estiah… yeah, I totally would.

By: Ano

Ano — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:16:27 +0000

I wouldn’t pay $50/mth. My absolute limit would be $20/mth.

By: Stormwaltz

Stormwaltz — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:39:58 +0000

I contributed over $100 each to the Kickstarters for The Repopulation and Embers of Caerus. Until they prove otherwise, I consider that money down the drain. I contributed because I want to do more than just bemoan the lack of sandboxes – I want to do want I can to get them built.

By: Morgs

Morgs — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:25:01 +0000

http://syncaine.com/2012/08/09/yes-yes-but-its-free-garbage/
I would consider this the polar to your other post.

Comments from that apply hear as well.

If it is worth my 2h a night it is worth paying for.
FTP or cheaper subs to help with getting players to play however.
Not sure i would try I game that had a $50 a month sub knowing that the sub was that high. But i would probably pay that for a game I am already playing and enjoying….but you can’t just jack up prices.

This is the true value of Free to play… not that it is free but that it sucks you in. You try because it’s free. you pay because at first it’s not that expensive and “worh it”. Then you become commited to the game and will pay more.

By: Xyloxan

Xyloxan — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:39:45 +0000

UO with modern graphics? Yup, here’s my $30-50/month.

By: theJexster

theJexster — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:48:39 +0000

UO with modern graphics, I’d pay.

By: Mobs

Mobs — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:47:44 +0000

I’d suck a million bleedy dicks to relive my UO years again.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:33:52 +0000

“I mean does this signify that if someone developed a super-niche MMO (and it was a good game for that niche), they could charge something like $30-50 A MONTH for it and people would pay?”

Plenty of people paid that much in rent for Second Life, or so I was always led to believe.