DC Universe Online's revenue model and development discussed

RMT = potential. I agree. There's got to be a better way to get these games to players w/out the sub based model. Just needs to be implemented right.


As far as "complete and polished" release... meh. This isn't anything I haven't heard before. BFD. They all say that.

i still dont understand why rmt always seem to mean "let the players buy addons"

i mean dc is a comic book company

why not set a free to play universe with minor quests/stories and on top of that let the fans pay for content modules just like a comic book.

charge $2.00 for example for a good questline with a few subquests and an entertainmentvalue of lets say 6 hours.

i find this much more honest then charging 2.00 for a cyborg eye and it would bring in money based on quality of the content and not on some scam.

Here's an idea... how about charging me $15 bucks a month and give me all the content? Oh, they want MORE money... gotcha. I understand that RMT has a big upside for the gaming companies... I just don't understand why gaming consumers are so gung-ho over it.

I personally can't stand the idea of being nickel and dimed to death, or being guided to fork over an extra 2 bucks whenever I find something remotely cool or fluffy....

Have people pay less money depending on how much time they spend in-game.... I'd be all for it. I'd love for people who are in-game less to be able to pay less per month. Somehow though, I don't think that's what the developers have in mind with RMT style business models.

I guess my main skepticism with it is, if it's gonna just be fluff type stuff, I don't see how too many people are gonna want to spend any real cash on it. But, maybe they will. And, I doubt that companies won't have real pressure to not limit RMT items to just fluff. And if RMT things are available that aren't just fluff, then that's a game where real-life cash affects in-game play, and that makes me very apprehensive. But apparently the way things are going, I'm in the minority.

If they can find a way to do it that doesnt feel like they're trying to squeeze out every last dime from their customers, sure. I'm just highly skeptical by default I guess. :)

And yeah, no big surprise on the "we want to be polished" rhetoric. You always think they finally get that message, but titles just keep coming unfinished... weird.