Now ive been following this game for a while and it looks awesome but the one thing that makes me hesitate is the MMF. There seems to b a lot of arguing over the fee, and to b honest with u im on the side of no MMF. Im a 360 user and i agree there should b no fee for Gold members. Now i know there will b a bunch of posts after mine saying Silver this and Silver that but the bottom line is that Silver does not allow you to play other games online and we all know that we do not buy a PC or a Console for 1 game, lets b honest ppl this Silver membership argument is a load of BS to say the least. The next argument will b about the upkeep of servers, which is another garbage argument there are many other games that run their own servers and have no MMF. Look at Halo 2, Halo 3, Battlefield Modern Combat and if you are going to say that its different because they are not MMO's that is not the case all servers need to b updated and maintained and info stored for each person so that argument is null. The last argument i want to address is the pricing, YES console users pay more than PC users, we have to pay for internet, game, system and if you want online then we need to pay for a GOLD membership where as PC users need to pay for internet, computer, game and MMF so yes the initial start up cost for a PC user is higher but over long term it is more expensive for console users those are the facts deal with it. Now the reality is that we are gonna have to pay to play no matter how much we argue but what they can do is give some more accommodating options for payment for example:
OP 1 : 1 time lifetime membership fee $80 - $100
OP 2 : Monthly Fee $10 - $15
OP 3 : Weekly Fee $5 - $8
OP 4 : Free Trial (time frame TBD) $0 - $0
and all these options would b available to EVERYONE then that would cover all kinds of gamers OP 1 for ppl who play 24/7 and are looking for hardcore game play and then the other options are for ppl with varying gaming time frames. I dont know about anyone else but i wouldnt mind paying up to $120 for a lifetime membership, and there would still b the other options for everyone else, company still makes money, and gaurenteed ppl will still use other options because not to many parents and ppl will shell out $170 - $190 for game and lifetime membership, well if their parents are paying for it anyway
but if the game is a good as it looks then id b in for sure for a one time fee of that magnitude. But if it turns out to b only an MMF then i can assure u that for me at least this game is never going to enter my collection, mays well go with games like Two Worlds and Fallout 3 all have Mplayer and its free, they may b on a smaller scale but at least theres no additional costs. Its too bad that the gamer always takes the brunt of it but all companies want is the almighty $$
