Champions Online adds Paypal for Game Time Cards
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The subject of how to pay for gaming seems to have come up around here a lot this week. LotRO is rolling out Welcome Back Week, ONE has introduced the Power-Up game card and Massively readers offered their opinions on game cards in general.
Champions Online got in on the act today by announcing that Paypal is now a payment option for users to buy 30, 60, or 180 day Game Time Cards. This no doubt comes as great news for those players who didn't have the option of traditional credit card payment, and Champions Online made a point to thank their international players for offering "extremely useful feedback regarding the various payment options around the world."
Champions also stated that they're working on adding Paypal for recurring subscriptions as well, a move that will open the door even more to players whose only option has been Paypal. This can only mean good news for everyone involved - Champions gains more players, and fans without access to credit cards are no longer on the outside looking in.
Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Oct 14th 2009 9:26PM (Unverified) said
Man I wish Champions Online would hurry and get a trial going so I can try it. It looks awesome.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2009 12:52PM (Unverified) said
They already do (sort of). Anyone who got the lifetime subscription got an email with 3 keys for a 10 day trial.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2009 12:29AM (Unverified) said
You can already generate one time use (Mastercard) credit/debit cards using paypal. I've used the feature a couple of times and it has worked well.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2009 6:26AM Psychotic Storm said
Correct, but that is applicable only in America.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2009 2:23AM Lionhearted said
This is an interesting idea. I always liked prepaid cards because A) my family has the nasty tendency to open up my mail and I never wanted to hear complaints that the $50 games I bought charged me another $15 a month. I like them, it's my damn money, STFU. B) Most of the time I've played MMOs, I haven't had a ton of discretionary income -- first being a college student, then being a just-out-of-college worker earning basically enough to pay off loans LOL... so I tend to not have a whole ton in my checking account and *hate* the fact that MMOs use rolling payments, a fact which cost me about $40 in BoA debit penalties when I over drafted twice in college (by $2 each time!) because of my EQ subscription. Plus, buying the SoE cards cost an extra buck or two in sales taxes, which the PayPal payments would avoid.
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Posted: Oct 15th 2009 8:47AM (Unverified) said
Being European and not having a credit card this is a massive + for me. I was let down a bit when i got the game and discovered the lack of payment options and had been in talks with there customer care.
Nice to see they rolled this out early on. Good job cryptic.
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Nice to see they rolled this out early on. Good job cryptic.
Posted: Oct 15th 2009 2:41PM Averice said
I'm glad to hear this. I recently heard that WoW also started accepting Paypal, and I currently use the Paypal option with Aion. I just don't have a credit card, lol checks and an atm card... but I do make a little side cash through Paypal, the perfect amount to play for any online gaming expenses.
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