Here it is everyone

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/24/trion-to-publish-archeage-in-the-west/

Well look at them moving up the food chain. Is this the new Blizzard being born before us. Guess I'll know when they setup their own tri-con.

Originally posted by fatboy21007
sweet, trion is a great company so glad they got it.

Agreed. This should bode well for all.

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Yeah, how thoughtful of them to think of gamers like me who like the subscription model, especially in light of how most if not all of the F2P converts have gone down hill in quality since the switch.

Originally posted by Vorthanion

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Yeah, how thoughtful of them to think of gamers like me who like the subscription model, especially in light of how most if not all of the F2P converts have gone down hill in quality since the switch.

Except it doesn't matter about gamers like you, because p2p models just aren't viable as anything more than really small niche titles that can subsist on a low subscriber base. New games just cannot release under p2p and except to have any kind of success. Even Trion has realized this with games like Defiance not having a monthly subscription and End of Nations being f2p.

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Well they do have a B2P game coming out in April - Defiance has no monthly fee. So maybe not that naive?

Could the opposite be true? Maybe they know exactly what they are doing....

Originally posted by DMKano

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Well they do have a B2P game coming out in April - Defiance has no monthly fee. So maybe not that naive?

Could the opposite be true? Maybe they know exactly what they are doing....

I am aware. I just speculated simply because I could see a new Korean company being absolutely clueless about the state of the MMO market in America and looking for a publisher that would be willing to release it as p2p whether it was a good idea or not. Right now we don't know if NA ArcheAge will be p2p or f2p.

Originally posted by AticusWelles
Archeage can be niche and still be successful so long as it has its Korean player base to fall back on.

I would rather subscribe to a niche p2p Archeage rather than bother even downloading a compromised f2p Archeage.

Whether something is successful or not is decided by the company itself. If they aren't getting enough profit from a game, they will change to the new model regardless. I would rather have the publisher going into the game expecting to make the game fit in a f2p model than it to be a half-assed conversion to f2p after I payed $60 for the game and a monthly fee for however long it lasts.

Originally posted by ice-vortex

Originally posted by Vorthanion

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Yeah, how thoughtful of them to think of gamers like me who like the subscription model, especially in light of how most if not all of the F2P converts have gone down hill in quality since the switch.

Except it doesn't matter about gamers like you, because p2p models just aren't viable as anything more than really small niche titles that can subsist on a low subscriber base. New games just cannot release under p2p and except to have any kind of success. Even Trion has realized this with games like Defiance not having a monthly subscription and End of Nations being f2p.

What a load of horse manure.  Ftp is a sign of a games demise.

Originally posted by JRRNeiklot

Originally posted by ice-vortex

Originally posted by Vorthanion

Originally posted by ice-vortex
They are probably the only MMO publisher naive enough to agree to charging a monthly fee.

Yeah, how thoughtful of them to think of gamers like me who like the subscription model, especially in light of how most if not all of the F2P converts have gone down hill in quality since the switch.

Except it doesn't matter about gamers like you, because p2p models just aren't viable as anything more than really small niche titles that can subsist on a low subscriber base. New games just cannot release under p2p and except to have any kind of success. Even Trion has realized this with games like Defiance not having a monthly subscription and End of Nations being f2p.

What a load of horse manure.  Ftp is a sign of a games demise.

The transition to f2p has kept p2p games that failed on that model from just having their servers shutdown.