There are subscription advantages to pre-ordering Champions Online. According to a Eurogamer report, Cryptic Studios is offering a gargantuan deal (and a tiny deal) for those with some clink in their pocket and a belief in Cryptic’s ability to deliver in the MMO space. Until the end of August, pre-orderers have the ability to opt-in to a lifetime membership with tangible benefits. Priced at 200 bucks, the lifetime membership includes freedom from monthly subscription charges, unique Champions Online armor, a beta key for Star Trek Online, and a figurine, nine character slots, and bonus Star Trek Online armor.
Talk about big. The tiny deal is gives pre-orderers the option to get a six-month membership for 60 bucks and a beta invite to Star Trek Online.
You can see, plainly, that Cryptic wants excited players to stick with the game.
Champions Online is due out this September for the PC and you can also nab bonuses from brick and mortar stores, too.
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10:40 AM on 08.04.2009
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I'm excited about Champions, but come on, I haven't even put in five minutes on it yet.
It is a good idea though, life time membership and all - it wouldn't take that long to start saving money the way things are priced these days. It would sorta be like buying a game console - of which you'll be using on and off for the next few years.
At the same time, it isn't a bad offer. I understand the reason behind offering it. I don't think the offer should be compared to Hellgate really, two different games. In Hellgate's case, I think it was a cheap underhanded ploy to get more money from a turd of a game.
I still throw in a few months into City of Heroes every year. I'm sure I've paid over $200 for City of Heroes over the past few years. This might be worth it for my annual super hero fix. Hopefully, it will stick around for a few years so I can get value from it.
then again, I'm sort of wishy-washy with MMOs; I play one for a month and get tired, then maybe want to play, say, half a year later. it'd be nice if I was always subscribed, since it's annoying to keep cancelling and resubscribing, but for something I don't play so intensely, I suppose it'd be a waste.
so in essence you break even in about 8 months... I'm sure the game will survive that long.