Lifetime subscription?

Blackwidow

Would you buy a 200 dollar lifetime subscription to play ESO if they offered it today?

GrimCyclone

No.

No, because when companies offer that, it usually means they're going to abandon support and let the game ride out.

hilelorangutan

No.

I said no. To be fair, I wouldn't spend 200 dollars on any video game in one flat fee.

ZeroInspiration

No.

That's just stupid. If they were to do "lifetime subscription" it should be buying the game at retail price and leave it at that.

Preachan

No.

Nah. Never used Lifetime subs.
Tbh, I could have saved a lot of money by doing that for another MMO.
But I don't pay that much for a game right after release.

In MMOs, there are way to many things which can stop me from playing.
Community, performance problems, the direction of development... nah, I don't wanna spend 200 bucks on sth I might stop in a month or two.

Millionaires

Nope; GW2 is a good example why this fails, when you have a pay-by-monthly system, it encourages people to play more often, so they don't waste their playtime.

Haven

Yes.

Clicked wrong, was going to say no. As Zero said I would rather buy the game and be done with it. Like GW2.

Blackwidow

No.

Haven wrote: »

Clicked wrong, was going to say no.

Can't take you anywhere.

david271749

No.

No, because Zenimax's definition of "lifetime" would likely not be the same as mine.

Millionaires

david271749 wrote: »

No, because Zenimax's definition of "lifetime" would likely not be the same as mine.

Lifetime is 25 years. If you got to jail for life, you're out in 25.

steveb16_ESO46

No.

I would have done at the beginning but I've lost all faith in the people behind it. I don't think they know what they're doing most of the time and what they do know I don't like.

MalavarTCOne

Yes.

Millionaires wrote: »

david271749 wrote: »

No, because Zenimax's definition of "lifetime" would likely not be the same as mine.

Lifetime is 25 years. If you got to jail for life, you're out in 25.

Lifetime is actually 75. You're thinking of 25 to life.

KhajitFurTrader

No.

GrimCyclone wrote: »

No, because when companies offer that, it usually means they're going to abandon support and let the game ride out.

Or the company offers LTA right with pre-purchases to get the moolah flowing, later on has a sizable chunk of "subscribers" who are a dead weight to cash flow figures, goes F2P with the game to up customer acquisition and retention, and if that turns stale too, makes the game a P2W, or rather, Pay2To_Do_ANYTHING_In_A_Reasonable_Amount_Of_Time. LTA customers leave in droves, disgusted. Win-win for everyone?

Disclaimer: any similarity to actual MMOs, living or dead, is purely coincidental.


PS: Hear that high-pitched, whining sound? That's the Professor, rotating in his grave... ^^

Nox_Aeterna

No.

No , i would not.

But im not against them selling it , some would im sure.

Crumpy

No.

Bad idea.

fyendiarb16_ESO

No.

Not a chance I would ever do that. I love the game now, but who knows what will change in the coming months? The game might go in the opposite direction of what I like and drive me away.

Also 200 bucks is too much for me to spend at once on any game.

david271749

No.

This is a pretty good question though.

Arundo

No.

1 month ago I would but recent "adventures" in the VR zones caused me to only play short periods before I get annoyed and frustrated and start up another game.

AreoHotah

No.

Not even if i was rich. I would rather give 100 to a homeless guy
...

Preachan

No.

No.
Never did that in any MMO.
Wouldn't consider it for ESO.

Even if I realize after some years of playing my favorite MMO, that it would've saved me money and I spent way more through subs, than the lifetime sub would've costed anyway.

Loco_Mofo

No.

No way Jose

Yasha

In Australia it cost $120 for the box and about $40 for a three month sub, so many people that play from here (and in some other countries outside the US) have already nearly forked out that amount just to get started with the game.

Given that and since it costs $100 for a yearly sub, $200 doesn't sound that expensive for a lifetime sub. But it still sounds outrageous ($320) compared to $60 to own some other mmos/games.

So $200 sounds ok considering its a sub based game, but craptastic from the standpoint of relative value. After already forking out $160 though, laying down another $200 sounds pretty unappealing.

It would be a great option for those with the money to spend- but then would those people even care?
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I would happily pay $60-$90 for the next ES game or Dragon Age game though.

Morticielle

No.

GrimCyclone wrote: »

No, because when companies offer that, it usually means they're going to abandon support and let the game ride out.

Yup. I had a good laugh about people who got the lifetime subscription of Tabula Rasa and Hellgate:London (anybody remember those?), which both were cancelled after 14 or 15 Months.

Swordguy

No.

I bought a 200 dollar lifetime sub for TSW, and 6 months later they went f2p. now mind you, Its easily paid for itself since launch due to free expansions and itemshop junk/veteran points, but it was a risk as I knew that game would eventually cave and go F2P, I just didn't expect it to happen before the Lifetime cost broke even.

Should ESO have a $200 lifetime package? It would actually be smart to keep their servers populated, but also a warning sign of impending F2P changes.

Let the Buyer Beware.

Meogi

No.

Last and only time I purchased a lifetime sub, the game went B2P within a couple of months.
First after mucho rage, the company at least allowed for automated updates to the life timers instead of us having to handle the purchases like rest if the customers; which is the entire point of life time sub. Never have to deal with the account page again.

So no thanks.

david271749

No.

Meogi wrote: »

Last and only time I purchased a lifetime sub, the game went B2P within a couple of months.
First after mucho rage, the company at least allowed for automated updates to the life timers instead of us having to handle the purchases like rest if the customers; which is the entire point of life time sub. Never have to deal with the account page again.

So no thanks.

@Meogi‌ which game was that?

Zubba

I wish they simply remove polls from this forum

Blackwidow

No.

Zubba wrote: »

I wish they simply remove polls from this forum

You should make a poll on that.

Valaren

Undecided.

I probably wont', at least as the game is right now.

Sindala

MalavarTCOne wrote: »

Millionaires wrote: »

david271749 wrote: »

No, because Zenimax's definition of "lifetime" would likely not be the same as mine.

Lifetime is 25 years. If you got to jail for life, you're out in 25.

Lifetime is actually 75. You're thinking of 25 to life.

Depends if he was Euro. Life in Europe is 25 years, but they're normally released after 15 on good behaviour. UK have just changed that law so now Life (25 years) means 25 years. It the whole 'human rights' crap we have in Europe that makes it easy on the criminals over here....

wrlifeboil

No.

Sindala wrote: »

MalavarTCOne wrote: »

Millionaires wrote: »

david271749 wrote: »

No, because Zenimax's definition of "lifetime" would likely not be the same as mine.

Lifetime is 25 years. If you got to jail for life, you're out in 25.

Lifetime is actually 75. You're thinking of 25 to life.

Depends if he was Euro. Life in Europe is 25 years, but they're normally released after 15 on good behaviour. UK have just changed that law so now Life (25 years) means 25 years. It the whole 'human rights' crap we have in Europe that makes it easy on the criminals over here....

People say that about the U.S. justice system too. Yet there are more than 2 million people in U.S. prisons. It costs around $40k to incarcerate each prisoner per year. Prisons are big busine$$ in the U.S. No surprise that we have many for-profit corporations that own and operate prisons.