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Originally Posted by badaboom
@RR,Interesting concept,upfront money with monthly commitment =long term product support and development from co. and publisher.Hmmm interesting.
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This sort of thing was discussed at the Ubisoft forums a while back. It failed horribly. Essentially you'd end up paying $100+ for an unfinished game by the time it was "released".
Players are already vicious enough and demanding enough with the normal game development process, if they were enabled with their monthly payment to demand something it would be even worse. Also you simply
cannot guarentee that "progress" will be made, especially not in a "worth paying for" amount each month. Just look at how people treat the free mod volunteer authors!
Subscription games like MMORPGs work with a pay to play since even though they are constantly updated and expanded, you can at least
play the whole time.
I'd rather wait for a reasonably priced game to be finished and delivered complete rather than pay monthly for ... nothing?