"Sara1010P;c-18285069" wrote:
I guess it would depend on how they implemented it if I thought it was worth it. If they did something like WOW where you had to be subscribed to even play, I would not like that. If they did the token idea, say they followed the OPs idea of 5 tokens a month, at 5 dollars a month and expansions were 35 or 40 tokens, that would still be 35 to 40 dollars per expansion, how much are we really saving? Plus for me personally I am not that patient a person if it is something I really want, so waiting until I had enough might not work for me, I could see it working for some folks, especially if they are the type to wait for sales and such anyway. Again though it would all come down to how much they charged per month and how many tokens per month you might get. It is interesting to think about though.
In my original brainstorm, I imagined that the packs would be offered as a discount to the list price of the expansion packs when purchased using tokens. So a list price $40 expansion might cost 30 tokens at 1 dollar each. This effectively earns you 33 extra cents on the dollar, as 30 tokens (times) $1.33 = $40 Expansion pack. You would only earn tokens by subscribing to receive them, effectively saving you money at the cost of giving recurring revenue to EA.
Now, I'm skeptical of any subscription model. I'm concerned about what Rene will look like.
