Brainstorming how a Sims Subscription Model could work
Guiding principles Opt-in only You pay a low monthly fee and earn equivalent tokens each month worth what you pay You can redeem these tokens for the packs you want Some tiny, occasi...
You pay a low monthly fee and earn equivalent tokens each month worth what you pay
You can redeem these tokens for the packs you want
Some tiny, occasional Sims Delivery Express type of CAS or Build/Buy objects to encourage subscriptions
Example You pay $5 each month and earn 5 tokens each month. Packs on paper cost: EP: 40 tokens GP: 20 tokens SP: 10 tokens Kits: 5 tokens
You earn these tokens from being a subscriber and can redeem them to buy packs, whichever ones you want. You are never forced to buy anything. But perhaps to reward you from giving EA a consistent subscription revenue stream, you can buy these back for less than their paper cost (i.e. on sale). Think buying an EP on release for 35 tokens instead of 40 dollars. You also happen to get a few new objects that month. You can only get those objects from being a subscriber in that month i.e. no retroactive obtainment of special objects.
Target Customers
Customers who buy most or all packs and would appreciate discounts
Customers who wouldn't mind a small fee because they are engaged with the Sims community and would appreciate regular accrual of credits with which to redeem packs
Thoughts? Personally, the only way I'm accepting a subscription model is if it offers me discounts and choice in redeeming which packs I want.
That sounds extremely nice and fair, so I'm pretty sure we won't get anything similar to that. This is EA we're talking about :neutral:
It'll most likely be like playstation plus where you're paying a monthly subscription just to have access to online multiplayer mode. Then there will probably be lots of overpriced microtransactions for a small amount of content like they have in Sims Mobile right now.
I've been an MMORPG player for a long time and have witnessed the decline in quality across multiple online games so far. If Sims 5 is going to be multiplayer and subscription-based, I have no hope for it. I don't trust EA to make something amazing like Stardew Valley. Greedy companies ruin their games.
It would be nice if Maxis/EA actually proved me wrong, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
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