Happenstance Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 DC Universe beta ends with a bang PC and PlayStation 3 MMO DC Universe will end its beta today for US gamers and tomorrow for European gamers, but not without one last bang. Sony Online Entertainment plans to stage The Battle of the Legends event in-game. Beta players can align and fight alongside or against some of DC Comics' superheroes and villains as they go at it, including Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker. All you have to do is show up to the battle when it erupts on your server. SOE detailed the server names, dates, times and locations over on its official forum. DC Universe Online launches in the UK next Friday. It'll cost UK PC and PlayStation 3 gamers £9.99 a month to play. A three-month subscription costs £27.99. A six-month sub sets you back £49.99. There will be no annual or lifetime subscription plan for the PS3 version "at launch". On PC, a 12 month subscription costs £89.99, and a lifetime subscription £129.99. Both the PC and PS3 versions of the game will be sold for £39.99 in shops, and both come with a free 30-day subscription. Thanks to reader Liam Brown for the heads-up. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-05-dc-universe-beta-ends-with-a-bang Sounds like it should be good
ReZourceman Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Wait....paid subscription? WTF is that shit. Sorry why do MMO's have paid subscriptions.......
Happenstance Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 What, you mean you didnt know it was gonna be a paid subscription? I even posted the pricing in this thread not that long ago. MMOs have to cover server costs etc
ReZourceman Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah I must have not realised. Thats stupid. Don't all multiplayer games have to cover server costs. I may play it for a month or two. £10 is steep.
Happenstance Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Unfortunately thats just the way things are, most MMOs charge a subscription fee
Dan_Dare Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Wait....paid subscription? WTF is that shit. Sorry why do MMO's have paid subscriptions....... It's mostly about content and patches. I play WOW and that gets a balance patch once a month or so, plus content patches every three months I think (each one being pretty huge, story driven and more like expansion packs for other games). It's not so much that you're paying for servers per se, but that the game constantly evolves and expands as you play.
flameboy Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah I must have not realised. Thats stupid. Don't all multiplayer games have to cover server costs. I may play it for a month or two. £10 is steep. Think though the costs associated with running a MMO server are much more so than a game thats played with only like whatever 16 players in a shooter. Also you do pay server costs with a XBL subscription and arguably Playstation Plus fees and Home transactions all go into Sony's pot
McPhee Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 I'll wait for the game to come down in price. Paying £39.99 for the game, then £9.99/month is a bit steep really. If I don't like it then I stand to loose a good £20-£25 selling it on because the initial 30-day sub will be gone.
Shorty Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 It's not just server costs, they also need to pay staff to maintain the game, GMs etc.. £9.99 is too much though.
Cube Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 One thing I don't get is why isn't it £9.99 a month and no game cost. The first month is around £40, so surely that would put loads of people off buying the game?
Daft Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 Yeah, it's weird logic. I always thought likewise they should just put SingStar as a service on all PS3s (Maybe with a couple of starter songs) and just open up the store to everyone who owned a PS3. BAM! An extra 10 million+ customers just like that.
flameboy Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 No first month is free then £9.99 maximum per month thereafter. You pay through PSN on PS3. The first month is effectively £40 seem as your buying the game for that much, I think thats what Cube meant.
Happenstance Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 Had a look around town today for the game, not one shop seemed to have any in stock.
Dyson Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 My store only got 8 copies in. It wasn't sold out by the time I left on Saturday. People seemed very put off when we told them it was £9.99 a month, mostly parents. I think it's way too much tbh.
McPhee Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 Agreed. As much as I want to play it I can't stomach the costs involved. It's why I don't play MMO. I'm happy to pay for the game or pay a subscription but not both. I'll wait for the game itself to go free, or drop to near the £10 mark before picking it up.
flameboy Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 Agreed. As much as I want to play it I can't stomach the costs involved. It's why I don't play MMO. I'm happy to pay for the game or pay a subscription but not both. I'll wait for the game itself to go free, or drop to near the £10 mark before picking it up. yeah I'm the same as you....hopefully it will go free to play at some point in its life and then there will be a swell in numbers still making it a viable MMO that it might not otherwise get later down the line. It does come down to this console gamer mentatiliy that we have that online gaming should be not be charged per game!
Happenstance Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 I understand what you guys mean, I think for me its just my comicbook love thats driving me to get a copy now
Dyson Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I would not exactly put much weight into what the 'average' console gamer thinks. Everyone is different. Good advice. I'm thinking of APB.
Happenstance Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Managed to get pretty much the last copy in Oxford today. According to the guy in Gamestation they werent actually supposed to get more stock in yet but one turned up with everything else.
flameboy Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) I would not exactly put much weight into what the 'average' console gamer thinks. Everyone is different. I wouldn't put much weight into anything you say, but like you said everyone is different.. Edited January 18, 2011 by flameboy
Happenstance Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Right thought id start posting my characters/servers so we can try and meet up. At the moment my main character is (not suprisingly) called Happenstance and is on World 4 Crossfire
MATtheHAT Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I am also on Crossfire. My winged blue villainous healer is called...........Fat Mat
Happenstance Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 Well im a hero on Crossfire so maybe we will meet one day.....in battle :p Im up to level 10 so far, really enjoying it. Although I think most of the voice acting is really terrible, especially for the heroes.
Ryuk Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I plan on getting this but it'll probably be for the PC if i can get it upgraded
Happenstance Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Just tried playing in a group with ReZ. This games communication options are some of the worst ive ever seen, its really pissed me off. Took too long everytime I wanted to send him a message and we never seemed to be able to start missions together. Id usually just be happy playing a game on my own if it had problems like that but this is an MMO! The whole reason I bought it was so I could play it with you guys!
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