SOE to Sell Content Additions to EQII

Gamespot is reporting that Sony Online is going to be adding content to Everquest II in the form of adventure packs, essentially mini-expansions. From the article: "The first part of the adventure pack will come as a free download. All of the game's subscribers will be able to sink their swords into a new zone, fight new enemies, and so on. There will also be some new quests in this area for all players. [...] If players want to continue down this story path, they will have to pay what's been described as a "small fee" to download the rest of the adventure pack's content and continue on." Basically they're going to be following the City of Heroes model, but making players pay for part of it.

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Re:Whats the monthly fee for then?

[Austerity Empowers]

We don't know how much it costs to build a Civic, but I'm sure it's not even close to $13k.

We don't know how much it costs to build blue jeans, but I know it's not $50.

You can go on like this for every single object around you. Probably only the subway/bus you ride to work on costs more to operate than it receives in ticket sales.

Pay the fee if you think it's worth it, don't pay the fee if you think it's not. It's that simple.

Re:Whats the monthly fee for then?

[I8TheWorm]

I know SWG as ~200,000 players subscribed. If their cost of upkeep is ~$3MM/month, then I think they should reevaluate their maintenance plan.

Of course, they're in it for profit too, but ~#36MM/year, I would assume, is likely paying for new game development as well. Just a hunch though.