Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:59 am
Yes, with lifetime subscriptions there is both a risk for the customer and for the company.
It must be possible (due to the law of averages) to work out how long a player plays the game for, in years and months, before finally moving on to pastures new. Whilst it is true that there would be a number of players who buy lifetime subs. with the intention of never stopping playing, it is equally true that there are players who get fed up even after the first free month and leave. It must be possible, therefore, to come to an average figure. If it was based on 4 years, then players paying a lifetime's subs. and leaving after 3 years would have made a loss and that loss would be GOA's gain, which would go someway towards paying for those players who stay longer than 4 years with their lifetime subs.
There is a risk both ways, but as long as GOA base a lifetime subs. on the average, or slightly higher, then they can't lose. All that money from lifetime subscriptions would give GOA an initial boost, which could go a long way to making things better.
It must be possible (due to the law of averages) to work out how long a player plays the game for, in years and months, before finally moving on to pastures new. Whilst it is true that there would be a number of players who buy lifetime subs. with the intention of never stopping playing, it is equally true that there are players who get fed up even after the first free month and leave. It must be possible, therefore, to come to an average figure. If it was based on 4 years, then players paying a lifetime's subs. and leaving after 3 years would have made a loss and that loss would be GOA's gain, which would go someway towards paying for those players who stay longer than 4 years with their lifetime subs.
There is a risk both ways, but as long as GOA base a lifetime subs. on the average, or slightly higher, then they can't lose. All that money from lifetime subscriptions would give GOA an initial boost, which could go a long way to making things better.