MichaelZ (not verified) on April 14, 2007 - 16:57.
Nicely written, sir!
This explains your ambivalence towards the title very well, and definitely gets across the point you're trying to make. I've found your discussion of Mr. Hartsman's commentary interesting as well, and I think your point about the length of time between launch and the retention period is well seen.
I think the only thing that might muddy the waters here is price. Pre-ordering players (and who knows how many of those there are) may have either unlimited access (like Tobold, I think) or will be paying very little on a per-month basis for the game thanks to the lower monthly sub fee (like me). At the price of 'free' or 'ten bucks a month' (which for some people - not me - but for some people is equivalent to free), I think there might be a lot of people that stick around in LOTRO longer than they would have because it's easy.
Even at ten bucks a month I wonder how long a gamer could pay both WoW and LOTRO fees - $25 a month for your Massive fees is more than I'd like to do.
Re: The LotR Online short-living bubble
Nicely written, sir!
This explains your ambivalence towards the title very well, and definitely gets across the point you're trying to make. I've found your discussion of Mr. Hartsman's commentary interesting as well, and I think your point about the length of time between launch and the retention period is well seen.
I think the only thing that might muddy the waters here is price. Pre-ordering players (and who knows how many of those there are) may have either unlimited access (like Tobold, I think) or will be paying very little on a per-month basis for the game thanks to the lower monthly sub fee (like me). At the price of 'free' or 'ten bucks a month' (which for some people - not me - but for some people is equivalent to free), I think there might be a lot of people that stick around in LOTRO longer than they would have because it's easy.
Even at ten bucks a month I wonder how long a gamer could pay both WoW and LOTRO fees - $25 a month for your Massive fees is more than I'd like to do.