Dungeons & Dragons® Online: Stormreach > Article
"DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™ is scheduled to be released on February 28th. The game will be available at a suggested retail price of $49.99 and includes thirty days of subscription time. After the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of $14.99 per month. Players can purchase multiple months of subscription time in advance at a discounted rate.*
Purchase a three month subscription for $41.85 ($13.95 per month).
Purchase a six month subscription for $77.70 ($12.95 per month).
Purchase a one year subscription for $143.40 ($11.95 per month).
Customers who preorder the game and register their preorder key will be able to enter the game early in the Head Start Event that begins Feb. 24 and gain additional items and benefits. …"
My son and I have been playing DDO during the stress tests and it’s an interesting game. But I don’t think we’ll be buying it.
I like Turbine’s games and played AC1 & AC2 for years, but I think we’re going to hold off on DDO. I like to solo and DDO (as far as I’ve played it) is very hard to solo on. When I’m not soloing I like to team with my son. Well there’s no way I can really justify paying for two subscriptions. We already have one WoW account and now XBox Live Gold. And the rule is, one MMO subscription at a time…
I tell you what though, if DDO offered a “family plan” I think we WOULD get it. Say instead of 14.99 a month it was 19.99 and we could have two family members online simultenously. I’d be all over that… (Also parental controls could be part of this, allowing the master account to restrict time played by other family accounts, time of day playing is allowed, etc, etc.)
Oh well, if wishes were fishes we’d all be fisherman…
(via MMORPGDot.com – D&D Online Pricing Announced)
* All subscription plans will automatically renew and the subscription rate and any applicable taxes will be charged in advance. All subscription payments are non-refundable. Subscription prices are in U.S. dollars and do not include local connection and telephone charges.
ReplyDeleteNow notice the * note at the bottom -- all subscriptions automatically renew.... subscription rate and taxes will be charged in advance... all subscription payments are non-refundable...
I know what they PROBABLY mean, but the strict interpretation of those terms explicitely would allow them to charge you 30 years in advance, and if you claimed "foul", they would point to the line that payments are non-refundable.
Combine these stipulations with their EULA that says "anything found in the memory of your computer belongs to 'us'", and "'we' reserves the right to charge unauthorized charges to your credit card automatically without your permission" --- I dunno -- I've never seen such a perfect set up for huge amounts of fraud and abuse, with no legal recourse.
Either these people are total amateurs when it comes to setting their software stipulations, or they have relatives that work high up in Enron.