When your MMO isn't called
World of Warcraft, you typically have an uphill battle to grab attention. Korean-based developer NDOORS has enacted a rather interesting marketing ploy for its free-to-play game,
Atlantica Online. If you started playing after October 11 and reach level 50 (without going over) before November 30, you can turn in your character and receive $20 via PayPal. Sounds like a good deal until you figure that likely averages out to less than $1 per hour.
We're not sure what's going to stop players who like the game from redeeming $20 and creating a new login ID. If anything, with
Wrath of the Lich King less than three weeks away, we anticipate a few
WoW junkies making a temporary shift to help pay for their next fix.
[Via
Ars Technica]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ballistic3188 @ Oct 24th 2008 2:54PM
Hey! I am not addicted. I can stop any time I want to. I just don't want to.
MidnightPlatinum @ Oct 26th 2008 1:27AM
That is the definition of addiction!!! Even your will has been corrupted. You're more addicted than someone twelve-stepping it.
Haggard @ Oct 24th 2008 2:59PM
Anyone else heard of World of Peacecraft?
It was on gamepolitics.com today - being developed by the Quakers, and is an MMO based on peacefully fighting injustice..
Kevin949 @ Oct 24th 2008 3:01PM
Pacifism FTW! "Enter attack mode. You lay down on the ground and don't move while blocking the path of your attacker."
Dirty @ Oct 24th 2008 3:15PM
Sounds like a french developed game.
&rew @ Oct 24th 2008 3:26PM
RIP goldmining.
&rew @ Oct 24th 2008 3:27PM
Or was it goldfarming, stupid MMO slang.
Jakka @ Oct 24th 2008 3:36PM
Isn't it like Project Entropia where you can turn in Credits into real $ and vice-versa?
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Oct 24th 2008 10:54PM
This is actually an interesting incentive. They just have to be careful of grinding bots.
Josh @ Oct 25th 2008 1:03AM
Sounds more like an incentive to just get people playing the game in the first place. I don't think they actually expect many people to cash-in their characters.