Not trying to offend, but you must have a LOT of extra cash to throw around if you spend 1k in a game you hardly playMatthew Cason wrote:I wouldn't call SWTOR a disaster. It was a disaster under the subscription model, yes, but as free to play it is the eighth most successful MMO on the market today, and that's counting DOTA 2, League of Legends, and other MOBA trash that seems to be raking in the dough. It made $139 million last year in revenues, not counting subscriptions. There are still some 500k subscribers, which brings in at least another $72 million per year. I fully expect ESO to go free-to-play, as well, eventually. But the initial subscription helps games recuperate their development costs. Consider, for instance, if ESO only gets a paltry 100,000 players. At $15 a month, that's $1.5 million a month, $18 million a year not counting retail sales. And that's probably a very conservative estimate. I don't think they'll have any problem staying afloat with initial subscription revenues as SWTOR did, regardless of how many it lost. ZeniMax/Bethesda can use then that income to institute a free-to-play model. Only speaking for myself, but I'm much more tempted to invest heavily into a game if it offers bonuses and content for purchase, particularly XP boosts and cosmetic items. Last year alone I spent well over $1,000 on SWTOR alone, and I'm not even a hardcore player. Haven't stepped foot in it since September/October, I think, but when they put out another good Cartel Pack, better believe I'll throw more money at it to get items that I want for my characters. I'd do the same for ESO.
and MOBA "trash?" I am no fanboy but I do enjoy a good game of DOTA 2 occasionally, I used to play league occasionally too. no need to call them trash just because you don't like them, we can be civil here.
Personally I am too cheap to pay 15$ a month for a game unless it is exceptionally good, or I fall in love with it, which the only game that has done that to me is EVE online, and I had to shelf that addiction due to financial reasons. That is why I got GW2 (which many of you dislike though I adore it). I got into 1 stress test some time in june/july last year and I got to do the tutorial area and a bit outside of it. I personally did not care for it as much as I thought I would, though I thought I would still play it if it was BTP. but when they announced it was gonna be PTP I lost any interest I had in it. Then it was not worth that price, and from what I have seen recently it still isn't. This game would have made more sense as a BTP with cosmetic (or at least not in your face unlike SWTOR) microtransactions. Then I would have played it a rather long time probably. also, locking off imperials and letting you change faction destroys the story and is BS. Hope they don't keep making bad decisions like that or this game is gonna go down the toilet, and fast.
I have made some very poor decisions regarding game purchases. It helped me to better define the sort of games I like but has been costly on occasions. 
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