Turbine is developing a microtransaction-based game. The information, in part, swings our way thanks to a job listing for a microtransaction manager on the studio's Web site. A company representative's statement on the Lord of the Rings Online message board confirmed that the listing was for an unannounced title.
According to the GI report on this matter, the rep revealed Turbine's plans because of rampant community speculation. Fans on the LOTRO board believed that the microtransaction model would be applied to LOTRO, not to a new a game. Instead of advising fans to go outside or take a bath the rep wrote, “We know the recent job listing has caused a bit of a stir, but please be aware that this posting is for an unannounced future project.”
Consider us aware, sir.
(BTW, did you guys know that Turbine is making Lord of the Rings Online microtransaction-based? OMG! I was super stoked when I saw this job listing. Sounds great, I was looking for something better than Silkroad Online.)
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If this new game has a really low starting price point (or even free to start), that can at least give people who don't think the game has value the ability to get out
Then again, I'm just guessing at how the transactions are going to be handled and how they're going to be integrated into the game because they didn't say anything about it. If this is going to be full price + required microtransactions, it's doomed to fail. If it's partial price or free + required microtransactions, then it probably has a chance.