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by kapowaz, Sunday, February 17, 2013, 14:42 (4300 days ago) @ Cody Miller

The fact that Destiny is not subscription based actually worries me greatly. What is their business model going to be? How will they pay for this always connected world?

I'm not sure what is worrisome about this. There is no subscription cost for the multiplayer in any of Bungie's Halo titles, so why would there need to be here? What's more there are already examples of MMOs* that are financed exclusively through the sale of retail boxed copies (Guild Wars springs to mind); the leaked court documents talked about paid updates (‘Comet 1’, ‘Comet 2’ etc.) coming between the release of the full games, which could be analogous to an MMO's expansion packs.

*Before anyone leaps in and yells ‘It's not an MMO!’ I want to clarify that I'm using this to establish context in the sense of what the ongoing server costs might be for an MMO, not that Destiny is such a thing. If we consider that the infrastructure requirements of an MMO represent one possible extreme, and match-made console multiplayer represents the other end of the scale, then it's clearly possible to make money from a game that is somewhere in the middle, but doesn't charge a subscription fee.

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No Subscription - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 14:26
- Can't wait for you to tell us Cody… *NM* - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 14:28
- No Subscription - Flynn J Taggart, 2013-02-17, 14:32
- No Subscription - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 14:36
  - No Subscription - Jillybean, 2013-02-17, 14:40
    - Sorry - just testing NM - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 14:42
      - Bandwagon? - Jillybean, 2013-02-17, 14:44
        
        wut? - UnrealCh13f, 2013-02-17, 14:44
        
        Fancy. - Jak Redlevske, 2013-02-17, 14:45
        
        Cool - Xenos, 2013-02-17, 16:22
      - Looks like it works. - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 14:45
        
        Looks like it works. - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 14:52
        
        Looks like it works. - Jillybean, 2013-02-17, 15:07
        
        Looks like it works. - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 16:07
        
        Looks like it works. - Cody Miller, 2013-02-18, 10:38
        
        Let me make sure I understand... - Xenos, 2013-02-18, 11:04
        
        Looks like it works. - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 15:12
        
        Looks like it works. - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 15:14
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - scarab, 2013-02-17, 15:26
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 15:41
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - scarab, 2013-02-17, 16:50
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - General Vagueness, 2013-02-20, 15:51
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - Claude Errera, 2013-02-20, 15:54
        
        Two thoughts for empty messages - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 15:46
      - The NM posts look more important than the normal ones now! - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 15:04
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - Grizzlei, 2013-02-17, 15:10
        
        Who says you're not? - Jillybean, 2013-02-17, 15:12
        
        Call it intueri horribilis - Grizzlei, 2013-02-17, 15:16
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 15:13
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 15:17
        
        How should the reply interface work then? - uberfoop, 2013-02-17, 15:18
        
        I got this covered - scarab, 2013-02-17, 15:32
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 15:19
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 15:19
        
        Makes it seem like everyone's getting banned. - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 15:43
        
        Haha! - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 15:52
      - Pushing the test a bit - ZackDark, 2013-02-17, 15:11
        
        Hehe, broke it - ZackDark, 2013-02-17, 15:11
        
        You jerk! *NM* - UnrealCh13f, 2013-02-17, 15:22
        
        I think you and I have different definitions of 'broke' - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 15:45
        
        I think you and I have different definitions of 'broke' - ZackDark, 2013-02-17, 16:13
        
        I think you and I have different definitions of 'broke' - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 16:20
        
        I think you and I have different definitions of 'broke' - ZackDark, 2013-02-17, 17:56
  - No Subscription - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 14:47
  - This is a relief! I hate Microtransactions! - katancik, 2013-02-17, 14:53
  - Do a brief write up - biggy, 2013-02-17, 14:57
    - Do a brief write up - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 15:47
      - Wu is best press - RC, 2013-02-17, 17:10
  - No Subscription - ZackDark, 2013-02-17, 15:14
    - No Subscription - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 15:18
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      - No Subscription - scarab, 2013-02-17, 15:42
      - No Subscription - Claude Errera, 2013-02-17, 15:52
        
        Sessler quote on microtransaction question - Flynn J Taggart, 2013-02-17, 16:18
        
        This means on of two things - Cody Miller, 2013-02-17, 16:41
        
        This means on of two things - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 16:53
        
        This means on of two things - narcogen, 2013-02-18, 10:03
    - No Subscription - Harmanimus, 2013-02-17, 15:29
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- No Subscription - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 14:42
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- Almost anything is better than subscription-based. - SIX min WHISTLE, 2013-02-17, 15:22
- Atlus is still running Demons' Souls servers. - Beckx, 2013-02-17, 17:06
- No Subscription - narcogen, 2013-02-17, 23:32
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