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title says it all and I don't care whether your a hater or a fanboi universal price drops in the first month of release......BAD SIGN!
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually, it's par for the course for MMOs, even this early in the game.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually, it's par for the course for MMOs, even this early in the game.

    I am in the wrong business. Should have been a psychiatrist. Would have made a fortune treating you for denial.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually, he is right, most MMO's go on sale very quickly after release.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    MrMasaki wrote: »
    I am in the wrong business. Should have been a psychiatrist. Would have made a fortune treating you for denial.

    You can't make money off your own mental issues. he's right, it's par for the MMO course.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Not uncommon. Retailers are allowed to set their own markups, I believe.

    Standard retail price for an MMO over here is generally no higher than £17.99, but retailers seldom charge less than £24.99 during the pre-order periods, especially when preorder incentives are involved and doubly so if they happen to get one of the popular items.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually, it's par for the course for MMOs, even this early in the game.

    Actually, Jedi is right. Unless you're Blizzard and your product is called "Warcraft" this is completely normal.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    MrMasaki wrote: »
    title says it all and I don't care whether your a hater or a fanboi universal price drops in the first month of release......BAD SIGN!
    Not for a subscription-based MMO. Cryptic/Atari probably, at best, make $15 from the sale of the game. They get that directly your first month of subscription. This is Cryptic/Atari cutting out the middleman and passing the savings on to you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    WoW dropped from 60 to 20 in a month in a lot of markets.

    UO did the same.

    I bought SWG for ten bucks three weeks after launch from Best Buy.

    Guild Wars was twenty bucks within weeks.

    Hell, you can get GW - packed with all of it's expansions and extra content - for fifteen bucks FROM ANET.

    CO is only ten bucks in stores.

    Hell, even EvE has been cheap forever.

    So, who's really in denial here?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Agreed, not a good sign. The free trial this early, when many bugs still need to be fixed, is worrisome as well. Not to mention opening the spam gates via free trials.

    I'm still hopeful that things will work out though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    WoW did the same with each expansion. As we know from history WoW failed and is the biggest financial failure the industry has ever seen. Blizzard then filed for bankruptcy and it's stocks plummeted to just four cents a share. World of Warcraft would become known as one of the biggest failures of all mankind and the reason for World War III and the subsequent extinction of humanity.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Well I've been playing online games since 95 and this is perfectly normal.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Kupanda wrote:
    Not uncommon. Retailers are allowed to set their own markups, I believe.

    Actually illegal in the US or UK for it to be any other way, hence the price drops. Cryptic already made their money.

    Manufacturer (Cryptic) makes something, sells it for $10 to the distributor.

    Distributor (Atari) sells it for $20 to the vendor.

    Vendor (Best Buy, GameStop) sells it to me the customer for $30.



    Dumbed down, but that sorta like that.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, no FUD please. This is the same with ANY non-food, mass produced product, from computers to TVs to cars to books to games to anything.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    MrMasaki wrote: »
    title says it all and I don't care whether your a hater or a fanboi universal price drops in the first month of release......BAD SIGN!

    This is normal. Price drops from early game to later sales represent first and second wave marketing efforts. The game made way over ROI in first sale, so now they are cleaning up profits. Primarily a function of the retailers, Cryptic makes the same amount per box.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Zilag wrote:
    Yeah, no FUD please. This is the same with ANY non-food, mass produced product, from computers to TVs to cars to books to games to anything.

    Yeah, my 73" TV was about 6 grand when I bought it. TWO WEEKS LATER, the same TV was 999.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    At the end of the retail chain, the game will become a free download from Cryptic. Then an expansion will become required and the process starts over.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    World of Warcraft would become known as one of the biggest failures of all mankind and the reason for World War III and the subsequent extinction of humanity.
    German, Russian and Japanese troops running at US Marines, wielding bayonets and screaming "FOR THE HORDE!!!"....

    Ozzy Osbourne and Mr T jump out and start trashing them all in a Rambo-esque testosterone fueled rampage....

    Suddenly, Shatner pops up, throws fireballs around while telling them to "boldly go to hell".....

    Thank you. That mental image was just what I always wanted.

    http://is.gd/8L4N0
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Kupanda wrote:
    German, Russian and Japanese troops running at US Marines, wielding bayonets and screaming "FOR THE HORDE!!!"....

    Ozzy Osbourne and Mr T jump out and start trashing them all in a Rambo-esque testosterone fueled rampage....

    Suddenly, Shatner pops up, throws fireballs around while telling them to "boldly go to hell".....

    Thank you. That mental image was just what I always wanted.

    http://is.gd/8L4N0

    Film at Eleven.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    All games MMO or otherwise have price drops within a month basically retailers bulk order more than they need then have a surplus, they then try to clear out at a lower rate to make room for new stock. Digital downloads they dont need to do it but to keep sales up some do anyway.

    I mean if your digital download is $10 more than the box people may still buy the download at that price for convenience, however when the box drops to half that price who will want to buy your download?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually, it's par for the course for MMOs, even this early in the game.

    Only when it comes to doomed ones. Like STO...
    Your denial of reality really is amusing at times...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    MMOs are not like single player games. The price drop is acceptable a bit after release because they are looking for subscribers and the initial investment is probably covered by the current playerbase.

    Op fail. Sorry.

    And lots of troll fail in the replies as well. Thanks for playing though. See you in other threads.
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