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Pretty clever indeed. Ill make sure to donwload it and give it a try. $15 is a really good price if I happen to like the game.
When is this going live?
When is this going live?
Wait a minute...............
What the hell have you done with Jim Sterling? Someone call the the men in black to go visit the Sterling residence, I'd bet 50 quid they will find some sort of polymorphic entity in Jim's place.
You fucked up alien dude, as if Jim would make a complimentary post about Sony without at least one backhanded compliment. You didn't even moan about a firmware update. If your going to impersonate Jim, at least learn his MO first.
Stupid anal probing xenonmorphs.
What the hell have you done with Jim Sterling? Someone call the the men in black to go visit the Sterling residence, I'd bet 50 quid they will find some sort of polymorphic entity in Jim's place.
You fucked up alien dude, as if Jim would make a complimentary post about Sony without at least one backhanded compliment. You didn't even moan about a firmware update. If your going to impersonate Jim, at least learn his MO first.
Stupid anal probing xenonmorphs.
Wait a minute...............
What the hell have you done with Jim Sterling? Someone call the the men in black to go visit the Sterling residence, I'd bet 50 quid they will find some sort of polymorphic entity in Jim's place.
You fucked up alien dude, as if Jim would make a complimentary post about Sony without at least one backhanded compliment. You didn't even moan about a firmware update. If your going to impersonate Jim, at least learn his MO first.
Stupid anal probing xenonmorphs.
What the hell have you done with Jim Sterling? Someone call the the men in black to go visit the Sterling residence, I'd bet 50 quid they will find some sort of polymorphic entity in Jim's place.
You fucked up alien dude, as if Jim would make a complimentary post about Sony without at least one backhanded compliment. You didn't even moan about a firmware update. If your going to impersonate Jim, at least learn his MO first.
Stupid anal probing xenonmorphs.
$14.99... even if they do charge for the rest of the online that's pretty fair I'd say :) Nice initiative!
I actually prefer the piecemeal approach in the free-to-play space as long as said pieces are substantial, appropriate, and worth the price of admission.
Item shops tend to feel like crazy people paying too much for baubles to get ahead but if I can pay in $10 chunks to 'own' a decent amount of content and perhaps even upgrade my account type in the process then I'm far more likely to dip my toes in.
I still don't understand why Sony hasn't ported more of the SOE free-to-plays over to the PS3 as it's not like people can't slap-in any laptop HDD they want as well as use a mouse and keyboard if need be.
Oh well, maybe if these damn consoles put some actual RAM in their systems next gen then we can see more MMOs in the living-room.
Item shops tend to feel like crazy people paying too much for baubles to get ahead but if I can pay in $10 chunks to 'own' a decent amount of content and perhaps even upgrade my account type in the process then I'm far more likely to dip my toes in.
I still don't understand why Sony hasn't ported more of the SOE free-to-plays over to the PS3 as it's not like people can't slap-in any laptop HDD they want as well as use a mouse and keyboard if need be.
Oh well, maybe if these damn consoles put some actual RAM in their systems next gen then we can see more MMOs in the living-room.
I'm not interested in the game, but that is a great idea. I wonder how this would work with a brand new title?
Seeing that you can pick up the full game for around that price, I'm not really seeing the value (on this particular title). However, I do see an opportunity where customers could choose either the SP or the MP versions of titles at a reduced cost somewhere down the line. That would be pretty neat.
About time someone tried this. Hopefully, this takes off so other multiplayer games can give more people what they want, for less cost.
Great move Sony. If there was something like this happening with Microsoft I'd be all over it, here's hoping this becomes a thing. And not a shit thing. But I doubt it'd be long before some shitbag publisher got their mind around a way to split games up even more than they currently are in a way to essentially charge $80 for a game.
First it was the unlockables that became DLC, than the in game secret stuff became DLC, and now the fucking MODES...
First it was the unlockables that became DLC, than the in game secret stuff became DLC, and now the fucking MODES...
Well, that's...surprising, given how Sony's been putting online passes in every single fucking game they've released. I hope this pays off for them and that it leads to the end of online passes.
oh man I forgot all about this game. I play the online portion more so than any other game last year. I was hooked for months but then the offline multiplayer games started trickling in and I never came back. Thanks for the reminder!
T3HM0RR0W:
Many consumers value convenience more highly than their own money. This is why we have lawn guys, why first-class tickets are so expensive, and why iTunes started to eat into music piracy.
Being able to download an MP component for free and try it out, then being able to instantly unlock it for fifteen bucks should they like it, is a valuable commodity for those kinds of gamers who are only interested in MP, and don't want to go to the effort of buying the full game and putting in the disc.
I know, that sounds like a petty and small inconvenience, but the ability to remove *any* inconvenience is what customers look for, and what companies should strive to provide. This is a brilliant way of doing it.
Many consumers value convenience more highly than their own money. This is why we have lawn guys, why first-class tickets are so expensive, and why iTunes started to eat into music piracy.
Being able to download an MP component for free and try it out, then being able to instantly unlock it for fifteen bucks should they like it, is a valuable commodity for those kinds of gamers who are only interested in MP, and don't want to go to the effort of buying the full game and putting in the disc.
I know, that sounds like a petty and small inconvenience, but the ability to remove *any* inconvenience is what customers look for, and what companies should strive to provide. This is a brilliant way of doing it.
This is fuckin brill i was thinking the other day how much i wanted to give kz3 Mp another bash but i was waiting for my vita (which is fucking awesome btw). Now i get it for free! I'm lovin Sony right now!
I wonder if this is a prelude to cross-platform play since I seem to recall some mention of Killzone 3 getting some kind of Vita treatment? Remote play maybe?
@ Jim -- I can see that. It wouldn't be right for me, but that doesn't mean others wouldn't get their money's worth. Also: I'm a cheap bastard. ; )
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It's totally worth $15, a wicked good game. Also a damn fine excuse to pull the Move out.
I would be tempted to trade in my copy and buy this instead just so I don't have to put a disc in.
Long live digital!
It's totally worth $15, a wicked good game. Also a damn fine excuse to pull the Move out.
I would be tempted to trade in my copy and buy this instead just so I don't have to put a disc in.
Long live digital!
My only complaint is I can buy the full game on disc for that price -- new too. It's an interesting experiment though, and I'd like to see them do the same again in future with a more recent release.
@SC
KZ3 was fucking sublime with the Move and Sharpshooter wasn't it? If I wasn't knee deep in UC: Golden Abyss right now I'd go pop that in.
KZ3 was fucking sublime with the Move and Sharpshooter wasn't it? If I wasn't knee deep in UC: Golden Abyss right now I'd go pop that in.
Do you need to get higher levels to be anymore competitive or is it like COD where you just get diff weapons/perks?
Man, its only been a few weeks since Lord Hirai, Emperor and Living God, took the wheel over at Sony, and here we go. Somewhere, in a dank living room with brown furniture, Sir Howard Stringer is asking a bottle of brandy why nobody likes him.
But seriously, Sony is onto something here. Maybe this is the beginning of a movement, maybe publishers will stop pretending a lot of these games are anything more than multiplayer focused and just give us what we want without having to pay for a single player experience that always seems to fall far short of its multiplayer counterpart.
But seriously, Sony is onto something here. Maybe this is the beginning of a movement, maybe publishers will stop pretending a lot of these games are anything more than multiplayer focused and just give us what we want without having to pay for a single player experience that always seems to fall far short of its multiplayer counterpart.
And this is where I get to say that Sony TOTALLY ripped off my idea from last September:
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/bassbeast/the-ultimate-answer-to-online-pass-problems-212296.phtml
I called this answer a long time ago. Go me. But more importantly - if such a thing were possible on this amazingly crappy Friday - Go Customer!
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/bassbeast/the-ultimate-answer-to-online-pass-problems-212296.phtml
I called this answer a long time ago. Go me. But more importantly - if such a thing were possible on this amazingly crappy Friday - Go Customer!
Someone was complaining on another site about how the full version is $20 and people should just go get that instead of paying the $15 for the full version of online. Sony, I'm sure couldn't care less if you did that or not considering they get money either way and accomplish their goal of a free to play version opening up someone to buying a paid version.
I've actually thought companies should do this for a while. Its a really good solution to the whole online pass stuff and when games are in an all digital format I can see this being normal. You buy the base game (maybe campaign or just MP) for a set price of $15 or $20. Then you can choose which features you want to use or not. That way the player saves money and gets to play/try only the things they want to play.
Almost like a buying a car, you can choose which features you want in a car or not and your price is adjust based on that. I could see some people getting Battlefield 3 and not bother with the story...or I know some people who play CoD games only for the story and don't bother with online. They could buy either of those as a base and if they choose to play the other mode later its an add-on which ends up being the full price of a game.
I've actually thought companies should do this for a while. Its a really good solution to the whole online pass stuff and when games are in an all digital format I can see this being normal. You buy the base game (maybe campaign or just MP) for a set price of $15 or $20. Then you can choose which features you want to use or not. That way the player saves money and gets to play/try only the things they want to play.
Almost like a buying a car, you can choose which features you want in a car or not and your price is adjust based on that. I could see some people getting Battlefield 3 and not bother with the story...or I know some people who play CoD games only for the story and don't bother with online. They could buy either of those as a base and if they choose to play the other mode later its an add-on which ends up being the full price of a game.
KZ3 is amazing just for its multiplayer. Never had that much fun with a shooter again ever since. Pick it up, guys!
My dream come true! Any news on whether I can just use my Killzone 3 copy to get the complete standalone without paying those 14.99? (Read: Playing Killzone 3's multiplayer disc-less)
Between this and Sony's offering Mass Effect 3 downloadable day and date with the disk version, I think they are walking in the right direction.
My main issue to fully embrace this is drive space (haven't updated the disk yet), but I would rather download a game directly than having to deal with shipping and custom taxes.
My main issue to fully embrace this is drive space (haven't updated the disk yet), but I would rather download a game directly than having to deal with shipping and custom taxes.
I'm diggin this business model. Just picked up Fight night Champion for $5 and they allow you to pay for each part of the game seperate. i like this idea cause I'm not really into the Online and Career Modes, so I get all I need for $10.
I hope more companies start taking this approach.
I hope more companies start taking this approach.
More and more companies should do exactly this instead of making you pay for MP you'll never play.
I could've gotten games like Uncharted 2/3, Dead Space 2, Bioshock 2, etc. at a discounted price without the MP!
I could've gotten games like Uncharted 2/3, Dead Space 2, Bioshock 2, etc. at a discounted price without the MP!
I think a few people are confusing sony with EA in a few spots in these posts.
As for this idea with Multi-player, I will jump up and down for joy when I see this idea tried with a new $60 game and for them to find some way to give the people who don't want the mp a way to get what they want for less money as well.
As for this idea with Multi-player, I will jump up and down for joy when I see this idea tried with a new $60 game and for them to find some way to give the people who don't want the mp a way to get what they want for less money as well.
Totally agree, Jim. Offering the single player and multiplayer components of a game at separate, reasonable price points is a damn fine model for the industry.
Moreover, the addition of a free to play multiplayer download will, as you say, invigorate the game's online community.
Moreover, the addition of a free to play multiplayer download will, as you say, invigorate the game's online community.
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