Jan 07, 2008, 01:59 AM // 01:59
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: somewhere on earth!
Profession: E/Me
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new business model for guild wars 2.
you know anet has a business model of releasing an expansion/chapter every 2 years but for gw2 how about we try a new payment method here is my idea.
you have purchased gw2 now 2 years have gone by and they have released an expansion but you don't wanna pay 50 dollars up front to expand your world so instead you'd rather do a layaway type of deal.
its like a monthly fee but not really.
the expansion is released and anet is allowing us to pay as little as 4$ a month for it until we pay it off completely.
we get to play the expansion while paying for it.
you may pause your payment at any time and you may not enter the expansion again until you resume payment.
so you buy the expansion box at the store or micro payment it little by little using surfpin, credit card, or any other payment method.
it should in no way be an obligation to keep paying.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:07 AM // 02:07
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#2
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Ascalonian Squire
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I like it! it makes sense.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:12 AM // 02:12
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#3
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Furnace Stoker
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That would result in people paying $4 dollars for 1 month. Then just rushing through to get the armor and/or end game weapons. Not a good idea. Hardcore gamers can do in a month what it takes casual gamers a whole year.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:15 AM // 02:15
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#4
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: somewhere on earth!
Profession: E/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin
That would result in people paying $4 dollars for 1 month. Then just rushing through to get the armor and/or end game weapons. Not a good idea. Hardcore gamers can do in a month what it takes casual gamers a whole year.
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they payed didn't they at im sure anet will give the expansions more that just new armor and weapons.
as long as they introduce huge new features like maybe if the expansion offers some type of flying then if they stop paying they lose the ability to do that.
so as long as they offer a crucial feature with every expansion this problem will be avoided.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:17 AM // 02:17
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#5
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Debbie Downer
Join Date: May 2006
Profession: N/Me
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If you are too poor to purchase a $50 dollar product upfront, you might want to GET A LIFE.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:20 AM // 02:20
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#6
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: somewhere on earth!
Profession: E/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
If you are too poor to purchase a $50 dollar product upfront, you might want to GET A LIFE.
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why do you think gw has no monthly fee its a game designed for poor people.
unnecessary flaming will do you no good.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:24 AM // 02:24
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#7
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Debbie Downer
Join Date: May 2006
Profession: N/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by warcrap
why do you think gw has no monthly fee its a game designed for poor people.
unnecessary flaming will do you no good.
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So...your solution is to ADD A MONTHLY FEE?!
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27
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#8
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Cheltenham, Glos, UK
Guild: Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]
Profession: R/A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by warcrap
why do you think gw has no monthly fee its a game designed for poor people.
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Are you serious?
honestly? are you really being serious?
go look up Guild Wars and the ethos behind it and stop spouting drivel you have no comprehension of please
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:34 AM // 02:34
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: Charter Vanguard [CV]
Profession: N/Me
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Quote:
Originally Posted by warcrap
why do you think gw has no monthly fee its a game designed for poor people.
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Poor and intelligent with use of money *can* be interchangeable you know.
I have to agree though with the previous posts, they'd have to do a lockout on all campaign/whatever-specific items if you don't have an active payment so as to keep the money flowing in.
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Jan 07, 2008, 02:34 AM // 02:34
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#10
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Scotland
Guild: [ESP]
Profession: W/
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How about when you're given like a years noticed that there's going to be an expansion, stick $4 a month in a jar and buy it when it's released. You've heard GW2 is expected to be released sometime late 2009, start saving now if you're really that poor. Although, to be honest, if you're that poor then you should maybe start thinking about cutting out unnecessary expenses, like your internet provider.
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Jan 07, 2008, 03:05 AM // 03:05
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Portland, OR
Guild: The Older Gamers (TOG)
Profession: N/Me
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I'm gonna go with no on this one. I'll pay for my Gw2 and expansions up front and hopefully never have to pay to access them. (short of the money I give Comcast every month got Cable Internet)
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Jan 07, 2008, 03:14 AM // 03:14
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#12
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Nov 2007
Profession: R/
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I say still pay upfront.
The hardcore gamers running through the game in a month WILL happen. I say add new expansions and make people pay upfront for them, and once a while, make some stuff like the BMP for us to buy for cheap while waiting for the next expansion.
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Jan 07, 2008, 03:22 AM // 03:22
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#13
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Lion's Arch Merchant
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I very strongly suspect that we're not talking here about somebody being poor here, we're talking about somebody on an allowance. If you're a kid, and your parents give you limited spending money, scraping together $50 could seem like quite a chore (though a chore easily solved by the piggy bank suggested by Cargan).
Anyway, if you ask me it's not a good idea to price items so that children can pay for them on an installment plan.
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Jan 07, 2008, 03:34 AM // 03:34
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#14
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Academy Page
Join Date: Mar 2007
Guild: Refuge from Exile [RFE]
Profession: E/
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good for us not for anet. i think the current scheme is more than reasonable. good idea though, but i see no reason why anet would implement
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Jan 07, 2008, 03:49 AM // 03:49
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Site Contributor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Profession: R/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin
That would result in people paying $4 dollars for 1 month. Then just rushing through to get the armor and/or end game weapons. Not a good idea. Hardcore gamers can do in a month what it takes casual gamers a whole year.
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Exactly what i was thinking.
Reminds me of factions headstart lol.
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Jan 07, 2008, 04:22 AM // 04:22
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#16
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Krytan Explorer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
So...your solution is to ADD A MONTHLY FEE?!
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OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!!!111
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Jan 07, 2008, 04:25 AM // 04:25
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#17
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Ascalonian Squire
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Just save a dollar a week from now until 2009 and you should have $52 saved up!
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Jan 07, 2008, 04:30 AM // 04:30
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#18
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Kanuckistan
Guild: Mirror of Reason [SNOW]
Profession: R/
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Ya, how many people would continue to pay $4 a month for GW:EN for 10 months to pay for it? Your "new" business model would bankrupt them.
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Jan 07, 2008, 04:41 AM // 04:41
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#19
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Hall Hero
Join Date: Aug 2005
Profession: E/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
If you are too poor to purchase a $50 dollar product upfront, you might want to GET A LIFE.
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Agreed.
It isn't like you are refinancing a house or buying a car.
It is $50 people. That's less then one day's work even at minimum wage. If you don't have dispossible income enough for that, then you shouldn't even own a computer that can run GW...
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Jan 07, 2008, 04:44 AM // 04:44
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#20
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Francisco, UC Berkeley
Guild: International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]
Profession: W/
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im pretty sure this idea is epic fail b/c ppl will pay 4$ for 1 month and beat the game to get everything. yeah they will have paid the 4$ but that isnt nearly enuff to reimburse the cost of MAKING the expansion. if it was, they would sell the game for 4$.
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