Lord of the Rings Online Pre-Order Program Announced
Midway and Turbine today announced a Founder's Program for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, offering various rewards to people who pre-order this new MMORPG. One of the pre-order perks is a reduced subscription fee: $9.99 (though you also have the option of plunking down $199 for a lifetime membership), another is character rollover from the open beta, plus you'll receive two special in-game items. Pre-ordering starts February, the game is scheduled for an April 24 release.
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replyI'm glad that somebody is trying new things with MMO pricing. These are pretty good perks for pre-ordering. I hope the game is good.
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Every game and MMOs especially try and push preorders.
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Lowering the per-month price by 1/3 of industry standard for people who pre-order, indefinately. That's pretty significant. Do you know of something that significant? I don't recall anything whatsoever to that degree for WoW and they have like 7 million players. Oh that's right, it's actually a well-done and polished product, so they don't need to offer incentives based on desperation because the product is actually worth spending money on.
Bottom line is, they know they have a product that will not have a very high sustained subscriber rate so they just have to try to make their money back on the initial purchase any way they can think to. That's what I see when I see them doing this kind of "deal".-
It's a great idea though because people that do it will be less likely to cancel.
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I think from every stand point. Most people here seem fairly indifferent to the game, but I couldn't imagine them not making money on this scheme. It's a huge incentive to preorder for people who were considering getting the game. And getting a large preorder playerbase for an MMO is a very big deal, as they build on those numbers after launch with people getting their friends and clans involved.
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Yes. Even more so; Guild Wars.
Rolls eyes - 7 million may say differently, but WoW is NOT the end-all be-all of MMOGs.
Is it good? Enough, yes.
Is it popular? Incredibly so.
Then it's obviously the best ever, right? Not at all.
Using that logic,
GM makes the best cars available.
VHS was better than BetaMax.
PS2s are the best consoles ever! (I do like them quite a bit, but that's not the point)
I really don't like WoW for a number of reasons and somehow I really like what I've read about LotRO. Before you scold me as some fanboi, at one point a couple of years ago, I thought WoW would be the only MMOG I'd *need*.
WoW is really not the best out there. It's a good game from Blizzard. Plain and simple.-
That's cool. I'm not really sure what part of what I said that you are trying to make respond to though because I don't disagree with anything you are saying, aside from the "based on that logic" part. That part sounded more like you were taking something I said and extrapolating and twisting it into something completely different.
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I'm definitely not trying to twist anything. :)
"Bottom line is, they know they have a product that will not have a very high sustained subscriber rate so they just have to try to make their money back on the initial purchase any way they can think to. That's what I see when I see them doing this kind of "deal"."
Remo hit the nail on the head in that the avg. player sticks around 18 months. I actually like your posts in that they're fairly level-headed. I just disagree with your conclusion :)
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It's a fun game. A super casual friendly game with great lore and pretty graphics. Will it replace my RTS addiction? No. Will I goof around in Middle Earth instead of Azeroth? Sure.
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Since when did offering good deals become indicative of a game's quality?
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