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PS4 Zen Stipend

captcoquicaptcoqui Member Posts: 8 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just curious when if ever Console will ever get the Zen Stipend for lifetime membership.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    Probably never. IIIRC, the console lifetime membership is cheaper than the PC lifetime membership. On PC, Cryptic has basically retired anything else from the subscription model as well, and the Zen stipend was really more something related to the subscription in general, not the lifetime membership.

    Basically, you're buying a big bag of goodies with the lifetime membership, some of them practically exclusive (like Veteran ships - without regular subscriptions, you can't get Veteran rewards, after all.). It's kinda an Elite Starter Pack Deluxe.
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,468 Arc User
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    Probably never. IIIRC, the console lifetime membership is cheaper than the PC lifetime membership. On PC, Cryptic has basically retired anything else from the subscription model as well, and the Zen stipend was really more something related to the subscription in general, not the lifetime membership.

    Basically, you're buying a big bag of goodies with the lifetime membership, some of them practically exclusive (like Veteran ships - without regular subscriptions, you can't get Veteran rewards, after all.). It's kinda an Elite Starter Pack Deluxe.

    Yup. The Lifetime on Consoles is very cheap compared to the PC, the difference is well over $100, and it's also on the C-Store, something which isn't available on the PC. The Stipend makes the PC lifetime worthwhile, and is the only difference between Console and PC lifetime. I play on both the PC and XB1 and in my opinion, the difference in price is more than very fair.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,661 Arc User
    edited July 2018
    It's too late now - the existing subs were $100 cheaper and some of that money went to MS or Sony, but those subscribers would expect to get the free zen too.

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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    Not gonna happen. Sony takes a cut of purchases made on consoles. PWE isn't going to pay them each time to give you a stipend.
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