Star Wars Galaxies Date & Subscriptions [Jun 17, 2003, 2:45 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A press release
on The Star Wars Galaxies Website (thanks Jody Overstreet and SWG
Warcry) has a release date for the Star Wars MMORPG as well as a description
of the game's subscription plans. Here's a bit:
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment Inc. today announced Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, the highly anticipated initial installment of the first Star Wars massively multiplayer online (MMO) game series, will release June 26, 2003. The Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided online fan community now exceeds more than 500,000 registered members.
At launch Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided will offer four subscription plan options: Month-to-month - $14.99; three months - $14.00 per month; six months - $13.00 per month; and 12 months - $12.00 per month. By subscribing to any of the latter three plans, players can expect savings of up to 20 percent over the month-to-month rate. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided has a suggested retail price of $49.95, and includes a 30-day subscription to the game. A special collector's edition, which includes a book of game-related art, in-game wearables, pewter figurine, lapel pin and patch, and a signed manual, will be available for a suggested retail price of $79.95.
As a beta tester i've gotta say living in america with probably one of the top rated connections for gaming, and supposedly a 50ish ping the game feels more like 200+ ping at times.
Also in regards to the company being greedy, I agree completely with that notion. They charged 10$ for sending out beta cds, something which most companies normally cover.
On top of that 15$ a month is a ridiculous amount which hopefully people will make sure to avoid to make sure other companies stop heading in that direction of jacking up prices for mmorpgs.
Also i would like to add that although i admit they made a lot of progress in the beta, i still feel the game needs a LOT of work. I've played a lot of other beta's for mmo games and have never found myself as bored as i am in SWG.
I think like all the other beta testers, i agree completely that this game needs another few months to be ready.
I think its important that beta testers even if they break the NDA should come out and tell people whats goin, and try and save people from blowing their money on a game that is definetely not ready and charging a premium. I dont think i would be as frustrated as i am now if they werent planning on ripping their customers off so badly with 15$ a month and a buggy products simply because its based off a very well known theme.
This comment was edited on Jun 18, 06:40.
Also in regards to the company being greedy, I agree completely with that notion. They charged 10$ for sending out beta cds, something which most companies normally cover.
On top of that 15$ a month is a ridiculous amount which hopefully people will make sure to avoid to make sure other companies stop heading in that direction of jacking up prices for mmorpgs.
Also i would like to add that although i admit they made a lot of progress in the beta, i still feel the game needs a LOT of work. I've played a lot of other beta's for mmo games and have never found myself as bored as i am in SWG.
I think like all the other beta testers, i agree completely that this game needs another few months to be ready.
I think its important that beta testers even if they break the NDA should come out and tell people whats goin, and try and save people from blowing their money on a game that is definetely not ready and charging a premium. I dont think i would be as frustrated as i am now if they werent planning on ripping their customers off so badly with 15$ a month and a buggy products simply because its based off a very well known theme.
This comment was edited on Jun 18, 06:40.
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