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Bioware’s Star Wars MMO To Be Free To Play
Broken Toys —
... No, really.
Eventful day, huh.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic to be microtransaction-based
Massively —
... earlier today. Said CEO John Riccitiello, "The Star Wars online MMO [is a] mid-session game, microtransaction-based. You'll be hearing more about those in the February [conference] call." According to the game news site, "Mid-session" refers to the amount of time the... Star Wars: The Old Republic to be microtransaction-based originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...
I Feel a Great Disturbance in the Force…
Pumping Irony —
… as if millions of MMO gamers suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happened…
Fuck you EA. Just… fuck you… ...
I Feel a Great Disturbance in the Force…
Pumping Irony —
… as if millions of MMO gamers suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happened…
Fuck you EA. Just… fuck you… ...
Star Wars: The Old Republic, now with microtransactions
The Joystiq Podcast —
... Hoping to turn midi-chlorians into monetary maneuvers, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello revealed in today's investor call that BioWare's upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be "a mid-session game, microtransaction-based. You'll be hearing more ...
It’s as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced…
Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog —
Epic fail, EA. Really? Microtransactions? Really?
No. Don’t do it. I know 2009 is looking bad for you and you’re scratching titles left and right and losing money but seriously, this isn’t the direction to take this amazing potential.
This one is scratched off my list until I see John Riccitiello come to his senses and announce that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be a AAA title not seeking to be a microtransaction cash cow. I challenge ANYONE to point me to a game that was Microtransaction based and matched the quality ...
Feelin’ Smug
The Forge —
... most of the prominent developers discussed design years ago) and various MUD forums that everyone was going to end up selling virtual swords, but this has been slow to happen in the West.
Sure, the business model is completely dominant in Asia, but they invented it independently there. There are some huge successes in the West that use this model (like Habbo and Maple Story) but none that have really reached “gamer mainstream” status.
Until now.
Ok, to be fair, the new Star Wars MMO isn’t a huge success yet. It is, ...
Mid-Session Game
Kill Ten Rats —
... EA CEO John Riccitiello said in a recent conference call that the upcoming BioWare MMO is a mid-session game, which are microtransaction based. This caused quite a wave throughout the MMO news sphere, but EA came back to claim that their CEO is full of misunderstandings. ...
Of Crashing HDDs and Free Star Wars
The Ramblings of JoBildo —
... You’d have thought that when this happened to me 4 years ago we would have been more vigilant in backing up photos, music, and documents. Alas, we were too cocky.
Long story short, new HDD ordered, alongside a 1TB external back-up drive. I’ll also be making more frequent use of Filezilla to backup documents and such on my webspace. Yep, hindsight is 20-20.
Oh, and did you hear Bioware’s Star Wars MMOG is possibly going to be free to play?
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still be playing it if it is. The ...
RMT in MMORPGs (Star Wars: The Old Republic?)
Snaffy's Space —
This post is only loosely related to Warhammer Online.
The latest rumour in the MMO space is that EA is considering a RMT business model for Star Wars: The Old Republic. Keen is really against the idea of RMT in an MMORPG because he thinks they will be sacrificing quality for mass accessibility based on a long history of games like Maplestory, Habbo Hotel, and the upcoming The Agency.
First things first, this game is being put out by Bioware and EA… do we really think there will be quality issues here, ...
