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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by D'Nightingale, Jun 30, 2011.

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  1. Sarac112

    Sarac112 Guest

    If it becomes p2p, I'll never come back...
     
    Sarac112, Jul 10, 2011
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  2. Flaque

    Flaque Guest

    Enjoy your griefed servers.
     
    Flaque, Jul 10, 2011
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  3. Neat

    Neat King of the Dead Donator Tester

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    You don't get it do you? It will never be only p2p it will be premium content and F2P content. Anyone who doesn't want to pay can play the same game you are playing right now. P2Pers will be getting more complex RTS stuff added in for their money spent, at least thats the idea so far.
     
    Neat, Jul 10, 2011
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  4. Furai

    Furai THD Team THD Team Administrator

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    I don't know if I'm going to pay anything but I rather won't. (I could change my mind.) But still, I'd like to be able to host premium server.
     
    Furai, Jul 10, 2011
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  5. darDar

    darDar KAG Guard Forum Moderator Tester

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    should be possible to play 4 free and buy a premium account.
    just a paid version wont work i suppose.
     
    darDar, Jul 10, 2011
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  6. Contrary

    Contrary The Audacious Paramount of Explosive Flight Donator Tester

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    I would probably pay like $50 for this game if some of the current issues are fixed. I don't see why so many people are complaining and refusing to pay, it's obvious a lot of you have put time into this game. I mean you spend $20 going out to a movie and that's only for like two hours.
     
    Contrary, Jul 10, 2011
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  7. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    I'd pay $50 too, but realistically they can't price it that high.
    It'd hurt sales too much, especially as people expect an indie game like this to cost much less.
     
    Shadlington, Jul 10, 2011
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  8. Vania

    Vania Guest

    15$ would be a nice price.

    I would buy it but my connection is so bad lately that I cant play any online game...
     
    Vania, Jul 11, 2011
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  9. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    We're never going to cut out the option to play the game for free, guys :) that really would be "killing the game".

    Once we do give the option to buy a paid version, the minimum price will likely be very low and ramp up over time as that version approaches what we envision now, though we've yet to decide on a "Maximum" price. fwiw minecraft is eventually going to cost 20 euros, which is ~30 USD. The "expected" lower price for indie games is a kick in the guts commercially but we'll manage ;)
     
    Geti, Jul 11, 2011
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  10. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    In fairness, the lower price for indie games represents the significantly lower overheads you have (a mainstream game costs millions to produce). It also generally leads to increased sales and reduced piracy.
    So it makes sound business sense ;)
     
    Shadlington, Jul 11, 2011
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  11. FinDude

    FinDude KAG Guard Tester

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    I do not understand why am I supposed to pay 60 bucks for a big commercial title any more than for an indie game.
     
    FinDude, Jul 11, 2011
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  12. saniblues

    saniblues KAG Guard Tester

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    You guys could just make the game donationware. Or you could use one of the early builds as a "free 2 play" sort of deal, one before drawbridges were made buildable (or after whichever works :p)
     
    saniblues, Jul 11, 2011
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  13. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    This is why we have piracy :)

    The games industry is horribly bloated, so costs are far too high, so they have to charge a lot.
    It could be done a lot cheaper, but then people would have to change the status quo.
    And that would be far too hard [/sarcasm].

    Its all a bit silly really. Hopefully the upsurge of indie gaming will force the industry to have a re-think about how it does things. I doubt it though.
     
    Shadlington, Jul 11, 2011
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  14. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    A mainstream game generally has drastically higher sales than your average indie game, though I'll agree with the reduced piracy aspect. The thing that irks me is that making a fun, polished game doesn't cost millions of dollars - but that doesn't prevent EA et al from spending that much making a game.

    @Sani
    The current version is going to be the free version. We haven't started work on what we see a payed version of KAG being.

    Word on the street is that payed servers might not be so far away though, fwiw.
     
    Geti, Jul 11, 2011
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  15. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Awesome :D
     
    Shadlington, Jul 11, 2011
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