There is a thread about SwtoR, several people play it, it's f2p yet a lot of players spend a little money here and there and some spend obscene amounts of cash (I spoke with a guy who forked over 1k per month, the joy of being stupidly rich I guess). I play it myself, less than WoW, more than any other game. I spent several euros on it as well, because I think the game deserved them. I don't know why you hate the game so much.
Wow, that's hard to grok. I make a stupid amount of money (or so I thought), and I' a big believer in "spend your money how you fucking want", but even with all that I think my head starts to turn somewhere around $200-300 a month on gaming.
This guy was crazy, or maybe batshit insane for those 70$ packs on the cartel market, he was buying a dozen per month and did so for a good while, together with all the assorted novelties. I can certainly imagine people like that spending a ton of cash in EQN for buildings and whatever will be on the shop, I may aim at being one of his suppliers
Hah - and people like him are why F2P models can work. His $1000 a month covers 65 other people compared to a traditional sub model. I'm sure he's rare, but still.This guy was crazy, or maybe batshit insane for those 70$ packs on the cartel market, he was buying a dozen per month and did so for a good while, together with all the assorted novelties. I can certainly imagine people like that spending a ton of cash in EQN for buildings and whatever will be on the shop, I may aim at being one of his suppliers
Don't take this as a attack on you but those links show just how bad gaming companies understanding of f2p market is.
You know, it's okay to lose an argument. It really is. We won't think any less of you for it.
How much do they pay you to white knight for a game that you don't even play?
He isn't white knighting it. He is giving actual numbers and data to prove success of a product on something other then feels.
I'm sure he quit playing after a month if he ever even tried the game. With WoW losing subs someone had to take some of them away and there's few really solid options out there. It must hurt to think that a SWToR sequel will get made far more quickly and easily before anyone will ever try to remake EQ.
Hopefully they dont use the graphics engine FROM EverQuest when they make their next one. Jesus - the plans they had for that game made me all kinds of moist and then they scrapped all of it when the engine wouldnt support it. Story was good, but fuck man... I would have loved free flight space. Docking in busy Space stations. PVP that didnt hinge on having less than 20 people on screen. Etc. etc. etc.
Hoping Star Citizen scratches some of that itch and I agree. It is good to see vision though even if it unfortunately doesn't see the light of day many times.