There's nothing more fun than being expected to pay to play a game on a service you're already paying to use, and it seems more and more likely that Microsoft is going to make such dreams a reality. A survey has been unearthed that lends more credence to the suggestion that MS will soon be charging for the privilege of playing 1 vs. 100, as it gauges interest among the consumer for such an initiative.
The survey asks the dreaded question: "If 1 vs. 100 were not available as part of your Xbox Live Gold Membership Account, how likely would you be to purchase 1 vs. 100 for $15 per season (13 weeks)?"
The current business model is that 1 vs. 100 is "free" to XBL Gold members, but is supported by commercials. Microsoft, however, is incredibly greedy and would obviously jump at the chance to gouge more cash out of the pockets of its customers. Methinks that if enough people are stupid enough to answer positively (and they will, because most people are idiots), then 1 vs. 100 will soon be pay-to-play.
Oh, and it'll most likely still be full of commercials. Because this is Microsoft we're talking about.
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11:30 PM on 08.24.2009
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I would NEVER, EVER pay for it though. They could make it so silver members paid or something, but I figured this came for free with Gold.
What the hell am I paying for anymore? I swear Gold is the biggest ripoff in gaming.
Oh crap, sounded like SexualChocolate there. What is happening to me?!
Really Jim? Really? You do realize they are running a business and not a non-profit organization. Once Sony gets their online act together they will charge people for their service also. Monster Hunter on the Wii will possibly be charging people a monthly fee, you going to scream bloody murder if that happens?
Try to pretend you are a grown man who understands how corporate America works.
Next thing you're going to be moaning about is how Apple sells you an ipod and then they expect you to buy each song!? The nerve!
This is something we gamers like to call "milking." When gamers are milked, they get annoyed. Eventually, they get so annoyed that they cease to be a customer for the company that is milking them. Meanwhile, no new customers enter the market because they also do not want to be milked.
A company that wants revenue milks. A company that wants customers does not. And the latter is a much more stable buisness model than the former.
if you think a major corporation will reveal the true results of their corporate survey, than pass your pipe to me, you smokin that good shit.
Sure sure i agree with you guys. Let the free market decide right? If they make it pay-to-play and no one pays then it will be a bad move and they may have to go back to the drawing board or make it free again.
Hopefully it is only a charge for silver members, but you can't be naive and wide eyed like Sterling and think that a company won't try and pull this kind of thing.
Hope for the best but expect the worst.
I understand Jim needs to sensationalize rumors and pretend they it is actual news, but come on.
Yes. You understand perfectly.
I am a consumer so i want the best deals, but i'm not going to stand on the sidelines and cry my eyes out when a company is trying to milk me.
You know what I do? I don't pay for it. If enough people don't pay for it then they will have to rethink that strategy or any similar future strategies.
@chronoswing - umm...sure?
Must be that, because those several MS PR and VIPs were all sucking their dicks and let the whole world know that they were the first company to give a service like this and blabla for free. And they told everyone in both E3. So, it's not like they're gonna contradict theirselves (you know, they're really really VIPs...)
Anyway, I don't give a damn: I got no 1vs100 in my country, even though I'm also paying that Gold fee. I'm kinda financing your live show...
Gambling is the perfect way of describing this.
Oh, people and their emotional problems.
I wouldn't never pay for this. First off, its plastered with ads for a reason, because its free. So who's going to pay to be advertised to every 10 minutes for 2 hours straight? Its bad enough that we pay for XBL to have ads on the dashboard right now. Microsoft is going to nickle, and dime people one time too many before they crack, and just say fuck it. I'm not paying for anymore of this pointless bullshit!
Joking aside, where the hell is my 40 English pounds subscription fee going exactly? The odd "gold exclusive" demo does not justify cracking open my piggy bank once a year. Like many others by the sounds of it, I thought this was supposed to be part our gold "package"? I don't care much for 1vs100 but my point remains the same
We need a Zombie apocalypse stat. That'll show them and the numbnuts willing to pay for this stuff. It's the only solution.
Funny thing is, my girlfriend and I were about to subscribe to Xbox Live because 1 vs 100 was so fun on the free day a few weeks back.
I only play it when I'm bored and at home, so I definitely would not pay for it. Even if I was a massive trivia buff there's more then enough ways I can scratch that itch without having to rely on the internet. (pub trivia anyone? :D)
If Yutt saw a vulnerable woman in an alleyway, he'd rape her. What a scumbag, I can't believe he'd do that!
See? I can also just make wild guesses about people and use that to attack them.
Otherwise known as the "MMORPG" model.
If Microsoft could structure it so there was a guarantee that I was going to actually be participating in the mob or be "the one", then sure I'd pay. At least then there is a chance I make my money back through the prizes. Otherwise, no sale. The way it is structured now, you have to be a top scorer and/or play all the time to be in the mob or the one...Casual players would never have a chance at winning prizes. Read the TOS for the game if you doubt.
Frankly, I'm shocked at the backlash. $15 for 3 months worth of gaming seems like a good deal, especially if you're into the concept. That's more game time than I'll get out of Wolfenstein that I paid $60 for.
Have you purchased DLC before for a console? If so, I'd like do know/understand why this would be different for you. Especially if it's possible for you to win some of that money back with 1 vs. 100.
You're not turning into me, just starting to see things without those green tinted 360 glasses on.
Join the darkside, the blu side, the tre brotherhood. - You won't regret it.
I love to be able to get a new game, jump straight into the online, no worrying about extra payments or about if my LIVE subscription (read: Microshaft's bastard Tax) is still on.
you 360 users know that PSN is exactly the same right? Apart from the whole cross game chat thing (although out of game video chat is sweeeeeeet) and the whole FREE thing? Right? It's a perfectly functional online gaming service, very little lag, plenty of people playing, no problems getting into games, nothing. rock up, connect and play, don't even need to pay!
Wild guesses? In this scenario you'd be "guessing" based on my history of repeatedly raping vulnerable women in alleys. I could look over just the last month of articles you posted and quote you repeatedly and specifically targeting PC gamers who are upset about *anything* and scornfully mocking them. As well as you ironically mocking juvenile fanboys.
You don't have a PC for gaming. You don't enjoy PC games. That's cool man. I get it. But stop fucking reporting on them then. It honestly makes no sense when you are an intelligent person and know you are not part of the culture. Yet you choose to repeatedly post articles as if you are an inside authority.
You end up coming off as a deliberately trollish fanboy, and I really don't understand why you are so obsessed with portraying yourself this way.