From: kendrick@nospam.io   
      
   In article <4526D1FE.3092F786@ev1.net>,   
   BelPowerslave   wrote:   
   >   
   >I know my main issue with it is, and it's the same issue I have with every   
   "pay   
   >to play" game, that I don't feel I should have to pay for the software *and*   
   pay   
   >to play it each month. Make the software free, or make it $20 with a two month   
      
   Remember that there's a whole separate single-player RPG that isn't   
   duplicated by the online experience. So the way I'm looking at it, the $50   
   is for the adventure of Ethan Weber, and the online game is a nice bonus   
   feature. I know that's now how the software is being marketed, but if you   
   compare it other RPG titles with both offline and online functions, it's   
   not a bad value.   
      
   Sega pretty well spoiled us when they made the American and European   
   versions of PSO free to start with. Yes, it was a good way to build up a   
   userbase, but it also set up some pretty high expectations. At least   
   they're not selling sandwich and shoe advertisements in the game to pay   
   for the servers.   
      
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