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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Ryzom going to monthly subscription]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ryzom/" rel="tag">Ryzom</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ryzom/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/batiment_matis_02.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
<a href="http://www.ryzom.com"><em>Ryzom</em></a> has been up and down, with changes in models, cancellation, and being re-launched. Recently, it's incarnation has been a free-to-play game, but word has come down the wire that to continue running Ryzom, they need to reinstitute some type of fees.The good news for those who loved <em>Ryzom</em> before, or who perhaps <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/21/a-five-hour-look-at-ryzom/">are newish to this world</a>, is that the fee structure will be less expensive than previous incarnations. The better news is that they will continue the current free-to-play model until the end of January, in case you were considering checking it out but hadn't yet.<br /><br />For month-to-month, you will pay $10.95 (7.95 &euro;, &pound; 7.75); for three months at a time you'll get a discount down to $10.25 per month (7.50 &euro; of &pound; 6.98 per month); 6 months will cost you $9.49 per month (6.99 &euro; or &pound; 6.63 per month); and finally a year's subscription will discount furthest breaking down to $8.83 per month (6.50 &euro; or &pound; 6.15 per month). With as many folks who are <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/the-daily-grind-have-you-had-to-cancel-an-mmo-subscription/">opting to give up on extra MMO accounts</a> due to the cost, the price break may well keep <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Ryzom/">Ryzom</a></em> afloat - or even attract some players who want to try out a visually exciting new world for a bit less than the $15 many MMOs charge these days. <br /><br />[Thanks, AterNox]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/">Ryzom going to monthly subscription</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1420029/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/ryzom-going-pay-to-play/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>change-in-pricing</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>monthly-fee</category><category>ryzom</category><category>saga-of-ryzom</category><category>subscription</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krystalle Voecks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
