Post by Morreion on Apr 20, 2010 5:17:37 GMT -5
Why Do We Fuss Over Money So Much? (We Fly Spitfires)
I think our issue with money and MMOs is that for a long time MMORPGs had a single payment model that never waivered and it’s only been recently, within the last 2 or 3 years, that it’s started to, let’s say, evolve. The genre is changing and adapting to new and different needs of the consumer and we have to somewhat accept that...
8 years ago developers and publishers thought the only way to monetize a MMO was through obtaining a lot of subscription fees but now they know better. You don’t actually need to have the highest number of subscribers to make the most money, you just need to find other ways of making your players pay...
Unfortunately there’s not much we can do about this all apart from opting out and either not playing a game or not partaking in the microtransaction element. What is strange though is how and why we obsess over it. All of these new forms of payment in MMORPGs are simply a natural evolution of the industry. As the products become more and more complex and demand more and more time to create, we can expect to have to pay more or, at the very least, be enticed to spend more.
8 years ago developers and publishers thought the only way to monetize a MMO was through obtaining a lot of subscription fees but now they know better. You don’t actually need to have the highest number of subscribers to make the most money, you just need to find other ways of making your players pay...
Unfortunately there’s not much we can do about this all apart from opting out and either not playing a game or not partaking in the microtransaction element. What is strange though is how and why we obsess over it. All of these new forms of payment in MMORPGs are simply a natural evolution of the industry. As the products become more and more complex and demand more and more time to create, we can expect to have to pay more or, at the very least, be enticed to spend more.
