[quote id=442-443-0-66065966-38-343859080][quote id=442-443-0-66065966-31-343859055][quote id=442-443-0-66065966-1-343858931][snow]My expectations are based on Jagex's expectations of the game's worth; if Jagex thinks that the game is worth paying $11 monthly with all the forms of MTX that it has, then my expectations are naturally higher than they would be if Jagex expected only the membership revenue like they did in the past. If Jagex wants someone to lower their expectations, Jagex should do the same too, rather than expect others to do what they say but not adhere to their own word.
Now, personally speaking, I'm sure you wouldn't like it either if a corporate took something dear to you and tried to rip you off as much as possible for it. If that hasn't happened to you yet as it has to me with RS3, great, and I hope it never will, because I can tell you, it's disheartening.
EDIT: Thanks for replying though, it's progress still.[/snow][qfc id=14-15 page=10819][/qfc][/quote]
ceased being a payer/player/forum user for years, and this argument forced me to break a long-held silence.
targeting the "whale" players, MTX is intended to meet Jagex's perceived shortfall between:
1. $ amount (Jagex believes) all members are willing to pay*number of members, and
2. total $ needed to keep ownership/board/management secure.
with this in mind, one can deduct that membership fee being too low (in Jagex's opinion)
is the very reason MTX exists.
in other words,
membership fee "too low" leads to MTX,
not
[s]MTX allows membership fee to be lower[/s]
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as an alternative way to deduce this, ask yourself the following question:
can MTX possibly exist without core game?
(as in, would ANYONE buy, for example, the $40 assassin skin if there's no game in which to put it on?)
12-Dec-2018 02:38:04
