I think this is a good read: http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/16 ... nevitable/
RIFT also claims the #2 spot (at least it claims) at over a million. Some people say 'they didn't say subs' but I'm going to assume they're not going to pull an EQ "over 10 million characters have been created in this game" since that's just way too easy to spot.
I think the guy has a point and you're going to see more value for your money ever since RIFT started the whole 'some money is better than no money' deal. In all the MMORPG I played, even the ones I liked, it never feels like you're getting $15/month of value. You're talking about money that can buy Diablo 2 4 times in one year but you can go for a pretty long time without any meaningful content. If I buy 4 Diablo 2 clones at least I can keep myself busy for the whole year. Of course there aren't even 4 playable Diablo 2 clones on the market so you end up paying a MMORPG sub because there's no alternative, but hopefully that's going to change with the F2P and games willing to make less/do more stuff with money. It's actually okay to reinvest some of the ridiculous amount of money that MMORPGs pull in for more content. Half of ridiculous amount of money is still a lot of money.
RIFT also claims the #2 spot (at least it claims) at over a million. Some people say 'they didn't say subs' but I'm going to assume they're not going to pull an EQ "over 10 million characters have been created in this game" since that's just way too easy to spot.
I think the guy has a point and you're going to see more value for your money ever since RIFT started the whole 'some money is better than no money' deal. In all the MMORPG I played, even the ones I liked, it never feels like you're getting $15/month of value. You're talking about money that can buy Diablo 2 4 times in one year but you can go for a pretty long time without any meaningful content. If I buy 4 Diablo 2 clones at least I can keep myself busy for the whole year. Of course there aren't even 4 playable Diablo 2 clones on the market so you end up paying a MMORPG sub because there's no alternative, but hopefully that's going to change with the F2P and games willing to make less/do more stuff with money. It's actually okay to reinvest some of the ridiculous amount of money that MMORPGs pull in for more content. Half of ridiculous amount of money is still a lot of money.
