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My wife and I both have LOTRO lifetime subscriptions. We paid 199 for each of them after being in the beta. Game's been running for 28 months..
Now, we knew we'd be playing this game for a long time, but here's the math for you, and this is mind-boggling...
2 Lifetime subs - 400$
28 Months @ 14.99/month - 419.72...oh wait, double that for our second account....839.44.
So right there, JUST on subscription fees alone, we've saved 439.44$ in nearly 3 years. HOLY CRAP! But it gets better. Turbine's thrown in some extra perks for "lifers" over the years as well. Some ingame stuff I won't go into detail, because this is all about the money, but with the recent launch of the last expansion, they released the ex-pac for 20$. They also released an "Adventure Pack" which allows access to ingame shared storage and 2 permanent extra character slots. Turbine gave anyone with Lifetime or multi-month subscriptions the expansion for *free* as long as they pre-ordered the Adventure Pack. My wife and I both did for the extra character slots, and so we saved 40$ that we would've spent on that last expansion...
So 479.44 saved over 2.75 years. I'd say that's a pretty damn good bargain! It's all about how much faith you have in the company to run a game for longer than it will take to recoup your expenses, and how much you like the game.
To recover your costs for STO...it's only 16 months. Come on. It's not THAT bad, and you can always leave for a few months and come back. Having a Lifetime sub has been the *best* way I've ever played an MMO. I've never felt pressured into the advancment wheel, and I don't lose anything by taking an extended break as I have for the last month after my son was born. It's fantastic, IMO.
Are the companies offering it to get more upfront cash for further development? Well duh! Why wait for tomorrow what you can get today? It's a great deal for players that will be around the game for a while, and gets the company immediate money to use for developing expansions/content/other games.
I don't see a problem with it....and just for the record, I think the beta is pretty amusing. It's funny how the game reminds me of Earth and Beyond, but without the hour long travel between star systems. The auto-grouping for quests is *great*.
How many MMO's have been shut down 16 months after launch?
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