Optional Subscription
- Thread starter Essex Boy
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No
No, no, thrice no.
Except they won't necessarily get any additional freebies for doing so - which is seemingly what they are looking for, some kind of recognition or benefit that is not otherwise given.
Dont come here with that nonsense
Absolutely no, not in any way, not at all, not ever.
Since the earliest days, 'no subscription' has underpinned this game as much as 'no pay to win' and 'yes, stations do have to have a narrow mail slot'.
If you want to fund FD more, then do so. Buy stuff from them.
Since the earliest days, 'no subscription' has underpinned this game as much as 'no pay to win' and 'yes, stations do have to have a narrow mail slot'.
If you want to fund FD more, then do so. Buy stuff from them.
I will write "no" because it is not planned like that from the beginning.
this may have some advantages however, with a mandatory monthly subscription there may be a real server and not P2P, which would make the game much more stable.
With a subscription, the financial income is much clearer, every month, Frontier and almost certain to have a funding base for new projects or for server maintenance .. only with ARK, it's rather unpredictable.
I have not heard that Frontier has any financial problems. I would understand to switch to a monthly subscription if the ARK are not enough, rather than stop the devellopement of the game.. but that's not the case, so I guess it's fine as it is right now.
there are free-to-play games that have almost disappeared, but thanks to a monthly subscription we had a second life.. rather than going bankrupt, switching to a mandatory monthly subscription saved the game.
this may have some advantages however, with a mandatory monthly subscription there may be a real server and not P2P, which would make the game much more stable.
With a subscription, the financial income is much clearer, every month, Frontier and almost certain to have a funding base for new projects or for server maintenance .. only with ARK, it's rather unpredictable.
I have not heard that Frontier has any financial problems. I would understand to switch to a monthly subscription if the ARK are not enough, rather than stop the devellopement of the game.. but that's not the case, so I guess it's fine as it is right now.
there are free-to-play games that have almost disappeared, but thanks to a monthly subscription we had a second life.. rather than going bankrupt, switching to a mandatory monthly subscription saved the game.
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They're not. Their game sales are pretty strong - which is where they make most of their money - even without secondary income like Arx.
Frontier annual report said:
No from me.
Why do people keep bringing this up? I hardly can imagine optional model, it's usually either sub or not. Some may view payed subscription as good business model after WoW success, but it completely alienates pretty significant slice of players, making game unappealing for them. For example, I'm adult person, I have a job, I have money to spend on games, but since I have a budget, I still have to calculate how much I can spend on what. For average adult person, time to game cannot be as consistent as someone who is at school, maybe university or retired. Sometimes I get to play a whole week, sometimes I can barely find an hour to spend with my hobbies, sometimes I need to travel, and packing gaming laptop isn't sound to me (because obviously laptops are bad for gaming in general), plus on these trips one can be busy enough not to have time to play at all.
There are handful of different online games I would be glad to play, but if I buy monthly subscription and then either won't have a time to play for few weeks or will have to travel, it means I payed for nothing. How is that fair? I really don't want same thing happenning for Elite. And as folks mentioned, if you really want to be a supporter, buying set amount of in-game currency will be same thing for you as paying for subscription, but still a lot more flexible and fair on all accounts, no?
There are handful of different online games I would be glad to play, but if I buy monthly subscription and then either won't have a time to play for few weeks or will have to travel, it means I payed for nothing. How is that fair? I really don't want same thing happenning for Elite. And as folks mentioned, if you really want to be a supporter, buying set amount of in-game currency will be same thing for you as paying for subscription, but still a lot more flexible and fair on all accounts, no?