The monthly fees have to be reasonable. WOW now has 9 million player up from 8 milloin in January. There is huge money to be made as it is, without putting fees up!

Why do people keep refering back to WOW its getting a little boring now.

You should wait for AoC to come out before saying how fantasic it will be. Your setting yourself up for a big disappointment im guessing.

From the combat videos i've seen, it looks just as run of the mill as most other MMOG's. Nothing interesting there and the blood

effects look way over done and not real at all.

If the monthly price went higher than 15 bucks on any MMO, i'd stop playing in a second. They don't offer enough entertainment or support

for any price higher than that.

If they even consider 20 bucks a month I think they have eaten too many snickers bars too !

The devs claimed that the monthly fee would be around market standards. 15$ estimated would be my guess, Funcom is smarter  than to bump up the price over all MMOs, especially before the big show-off between top games that is about to take place late 07-08.

Omg, inflation in the subscription pay to play model( which imho is something that we should stand up against, Power buff to the People!)?  This is crazy!

Lol, yeah right.  AoC and it's devs, it's backing co wouldn't have the balls to up the price.  Personally I think that the only way that the standard averages of p2p pc games go up would be if the game were already super successful. Even then it would quite honestly be hard to do.

WoW is probably the only game that could do it might I add, but that opportunity has passed I think with so many being soooooooo sick of it.  Perceived prophetic quality is not justification.  The risk of the game even being successful is too high.  Add in price hike and you instantly turn what could be a widely popular game (making more money) into a niche game that it's only the hardcore fans who shell out the hard earned dollars( which is probably not a whole lot of people).  You have to crawl before you walk. 

Not to mention that it actually has some real competition on the horizon.

God forbid that Xbox 360 players may have a shot a joining the fray for free. The line has to be drawn somewhere. In fact the line was drawn years ago. Albeit in chalk but it's there.  Some say that prices go up.  Well, I say that prices go down just the same.

Also, I read in someone's post that there are way too many FANTASY mmo's out there. There are alot of sci-fi ones too.  Beyond that I'm not really sure what else could be done.  Maybe a horror sci-fi mmo with VAMPIRES or...dun dun dun-------THE NINJA MMO!!!!!
 Can't getaway from feeling that the reason for all the fantasy mmo's is mainly due to ------->SWORDS, AXES, DAGGERS,WANDS,STAFFS, SWEET ARMOR and SPELLS.   In this dynamic I believe is what most want to use.  Sci-fi uses guns and such.
What else is there really?  Modern day stuff like baseball bats, crobars and 9mm's?  While that may be fun, I can hardly believe that anyone wants that.  My opinion of course. You have been blessed by my  2 CENTS.

Originally posted by SpeedMann

You should wait for AoC to come out before saying how fantasic it will be. Your setting yourself up for a big disappointment im guessing.

From the combat videos i've seen, it looks just as run of the mill as most other MMOG's. Nothing interesting there and the blood

effects look way over done and not real at all.

If the monthly price went higher than 15 bucks on any MMO, i'd stop playing in a second. They don't offer enough entertainment or support

for any price higher than that.

I agree with you totally. The videos I have seen do not show revolutionary combat that the company's been boasting about. It seems it's almost similar to every other mmorpg out there. Character models also don't look so great although the environment does look quite good.

You gotta be shittin me for that montly fee.  The graphics doesn't even go higher than the average today.

No.  The price point will bring AoC to its death.

This is all theory!!!!! and Speculation!

Ps. Graphics dont make the game - gameplay does!

Originally posted by Supernerd

Originally posted by Unicorns_Pwn
All that sugar is apparently clouding your brain :)

I honestly see nothing stated that  creates a need to raise the subscription price any higher than the standards we are already at. Much higher and I definitely think you will limit the community.  Price rises mainly happen in certain markets due to peoples willingness to spend more, and your openness to it does not help the end user. It's not to say that they shouldn't be paid any wage donating time for free and washing my car for nickels but  near 15 bucks a month per user is quiet a good deal on their  end.  The very fact that you pay more for your candy bars and ice cold beverages would only make one  believe you would have even less money to spend on entertainment so why in hell would we want to pay more for that too?

i can understand why you would think i'm nuts for suggesting a higher monthly fee.

I just feel that if  AoC is as good as I think it will be; a 19.95 subscription for 30 days would be good for the players.
Yes,it would be beneficial for us gamers by showing that we are willing to fork out more cash for quality.
It would send a message to future mmorpg developers that hey if you actually make something good,yes you can charge a little more and we will happily pay extra with a smile on our face.

C'mon guys,it still will cost LESS than $1 USD  per day.
Fellow gamers let's all help send that message.
Age of Conan a Premium Mmorpg.

 Make a quality game and we will pay 15 bucks a month continously to play this game. However if we do get the game and it sucks, we will not continue to subscribe. Get horrid reviews  because your game isnt up to quality .....we more than leikely  wont even consider it. So Its simple ......... make quality games and you can make alot of money by having many subscribers.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

This is all theory!!!!! and Speculation!

 

Ps. Graphics dont make the game - gameplay does!

Yes i know this is a theory.  But still no for $19.95.

20 a month doesnt sound like a lot.  Honestly I would play it enough to make it worth that.  But for the average joe, you figure its 180 dollars per year if ur paying 15 a month.  20 dollars is 240.  That is quite a lot of cash for playing ONE game.  I think its worth it, but a 25% increase will narrow ur market more then u'd think.  IF it was 15 bucks a month this game could be the FIRST WoW killer IMO.  But... Will c I guess.  I no I'll probably pass... I'm a poor wittle college student... Im taking a year off of work and I dont want 240 bucks on my credit card in addition to my RL expenses.

SCREW THAT