I think the cash shops will work out perfectly fine. People with money to spare and want to use it will purchase items in the cash shop. People who don't will just go about their merry ways. Having more gold doesn't give any kind of advantage in the game other then getting something quicker than others without the gold to purchase. I mean there aren't going to be any Krol Blades in the market so whatever.
The problem is people are related this to other games when GW2 is very different from what's already out. So we actually don't know how this will turn out until months after the game has been released.
The more people keep stressing about it the more radical arguments will get and they'll make much less sense. Cash shops are cash shops, what we really only care about is the fact there is no P2W from this cash shop no matter how many ways people on here will try to twist it
The only thing we know that is the same between the two games is the story. The MMO hasn't been touched by BigHugeGames as far as we know. They only did Reckoning.
Most people don't realized that the MMO market in Asia is so much bigger than it is here in the states. I mean it's still an incredibly profitable market here in the states.
I forget the exact data but the % of people with access to the internet inside their homes in Korea is some obnoxious number like 98% while in the states it's like in the 50s or something.
Oh don't get me wrong I love those games. I was all giddy when i picked up both FFXIII-2 and SC5 at the same midnight sale. I mean I love jrpgs to the point where I'm freaking out because my CE of Hyperdimension Neptuinia: MK2 hasn't come in the mail yet. Haters gonna hate. But at the same time I've had a steam account ever since it came out and that's where all my FPS games are, RTS games, puzzle games, indie games, etc. And then there's MMOs and such. I will admit though that over the past year my console game colection skyrocketed in numbers with all the titles that came out.
You say this while we're in the year where this is all suposed to start changing with GW2 and TSW. Consoles will never be dominate over the PC. The only reason numbers are so high for consoles nowadays is because of CoD and stuff outside of videogames like zumba fitness on a wii. Any gamer worth crediting are pretty hard to find on a console that doesnt have like 75% of his games on his PC.
En Masse shares new TERA argon lore, screens
Apr 3rd 2012 2:30PM (Massively)The Soapbox: The hidden perils of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions
Mar 21st 2012 5:00PM (Massively)The problem is people are related this to other games when GW2 is very different from what's already out. So we actually don't know how this will turn out until months after the game has been released.
The more people keep stressing about it the more radical arguments will get and they'll make much less sense. Cash shops are cash shops, what we really only care about is the fact there is no P2W from this cash shop no matter how many ways people on here will try to twist it
Drink, dice, and debauch with new Wakfu gameplay videos
Mar 21st 2012 4:39PM (Massively)Pandarians were a part of warcraft lore years before Blizzard announced MoP as well.... pandas are stupid either way.
Zynga buys Draw Something dev OMGPOP [update: confirmed!]
Mar 21st 2012 3:09PM (Joystiq)38 Studios staffing up with MMO vets for Amalur
Mar 20th 2012 8:34PM (Joystiq)The only thing we know that is the same between the two games is the story. The MMO hasn't been touched by BigHugeGames as far as we know. They only did Reckoning.
Lime Odyssey shutting down in Korea [Updated]
Mar 2nd 2012 2:37PM (Massively)THANK YOU.
Most people don't realized that the MMO market in Asia is so much bigger than it is here in the states. I mean it's still an incredibly profitable market here in the states.
I forget the exact data but the % of people with access to the internet inside their homes in Korea is some obnoxious number like 98% while in the states it's like in the 50s or something.
Dawntide development officially on hiatus
Mar 2nd 2012 1:21PM (Massively)Oh don't get me wrong I love those games. I was all giddy when i picked up both FFXIII-2 and SC5 at the same midnight sale. I mean I love jrpgs to the point where I'm freaking out because my CE of Hyperdimension Neptuinia: MK2 hasn't come in the mail yet. Haters gonna hate.
But at the same time I've had a steam account ever since it came out and that's where all my FPS games are, RTS games, puzzle games, indie games, etc. And then there's MMOs and such.
I will admit though that over the past year my console game colection skyrocketed in numbers with all the titles that came out.
Dawntide development officially on hiatus
Mar 2nd 2012 12:56PM (Massively)You say this while we're in the year where this is all suposed to start changing with GW2 and TSW. Consoles will never be dominate over the PC. The only reason numbers are so high for consoles nowadays is because of CoD and stuff outside of videogames like zumba fitness on a wii.
Any gamer worth crediting are pretty hard to find on a console that doesnt have like 75% of his games on his PC.
RaiderZ alpha test coming March 14th, new trailer released
Mar 2nd 2012 11:54AM (Massively)I read that and cringed like i just bite the stick part of a popsicle. I hate those names.
The Daily Grind: What MMO have you recently deleted from your hard drive?
Mar 2nd 2012 11:42AM (Massively)Ok, i'll shut up now. giant brain fart for sure