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Article #543708Re: Will Battle.net Become a Pay Service
From: CymTyr
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:27
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:27
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"Magnate" <not@receiving.here> wrote in message news:gfdou5-sbu.ln1@news.terminalarrogance.com... > That made me think - are there any MMOs which operate on a "pay as you go" > model rather than a monthly sub? The only reason I don't play MMOs is > because my gaming is very irregular: one month I'll do a hundred hours of > gaming, but then the following month I'll do five or six hours, and some > months none at all. It all depends what's happening in RL, and I don't set > aside particular times for gaming, so paying a monthly fee doesn't work > for me at all. But I'd consider paying for a set number of hours, or a set > number playing days in a 6- or 12-month period. Then it wouldn't matter if > I went three months without playing, it wouldn't cost me anything. > > Just curious to see whether anyone knows of such MMOs. > > CC The closest thing to what you're looking for would be the free mmos with item shops. Some ones you could look into would be Archlord or the horror one that just came out, but I can't think of the name for it. There are no subscription based mmos which have a pay as you go plan, but maybe someone will jump on that idea and make one...
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