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Cryptic is offering lifetime and six-month subscription deals to people with pre-order codes for its imminent superhero MMO, Champions Online.
Not counting the cost of the game itself, lifetime subs cost $199.99, and six months of gameplay costs $59.99. The cost in euros or sterling isn't confirmed, but at current exchange rates would be around £120 / €140 for the lifetime susbcription and £35 / €40 for six months.
These deals are only available until the end of August - just before the game launches - and come with a number of incentives. Both lifetime and six-month subscribers get guaranteed access to the Star Trek Online closed beta and an exclusive art deco costume set.
The lifetime package also comes with an even more exclusive retro future costume set, a unique mirror universe outfit for Star Trek Online at that game's release, an in-game action figure and eight additional character slots.
Champions Online launches in Europe for PC on 4th September. More at the Champions Online gamepage.
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Damn you Cryptic! As good as Champions Online is, I was just going to wait for Star Trek Online and dedicate my MMO time to that. But now if I want beta access & extra stuff I NEED (actually need, like I need food and air. Okay, not really need, but intensely want) to get a lifetime sub to CO. Smart move Cryptic. You win this round.
To be honest, if I didn’t enjoy CO I wouldn’t get a lifetime sub even if it gave stuff for STO, but it’s a really good game that I’d love to be able to come back to without worrying about a sub ticking cash out of my account every month. That first big outlay of cash will be a bit painful to my bank balance, but after that it’ll be nice to know that’s it for subs. I think in general lifetime subs are a nice option. |
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Optimaximal
04/08/09 @ 10:06
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After the Hellgate London Lifetime-sub clusterfuck, i'm surprised anyone has the balls to try this again.
Granted, it'll probably last longer than Hellgate and have significantly more content, but people are definitely likely to approach it with their guard up. |
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DanForinton
04/08/09 @ 10:29
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Hmm... Bill Roper on board, lifetime subscriptions - these are not encouraging signs.
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@Dan oooo 'bill roper onboard = bad' you might as well say DON'T USE YOUR PCS BILL GATES WAS ON BOARD WITH WINDOWS!, considering the guy disigned Diablo and help build WoW - why is it only HGL people hang him up for?
Sorry but With DDO and LOTRO Turbine offer lifetimes and they were worth it considering Champs IS a proper MMO unlike Hellgate, coupled with the fact Cryptic THEMSELFS without Bill ARE good devs, and with STO comming they aren't going anywhere any time soon. £120 (which is the convertion atm which may change before the end of the offer) is just about a little over a year worth of subs to Champs - If you do infact play for that whole year the rest of 'forever' is free, it's quite tempting. Bit of advise tho, take off those damn tinfoil hats, at this rate there isn't one game that in players eyes isn't 'doooooooooomed' before it's started, we might as well go back to PnP D&D.
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Charlie789
04/08/09 @ 12:11
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Sounds good, I was waiting for Stargate Worlds but now thats gone tits up I might give this a shot instead! Potentially £120 for a lifetime account isn't bad considering the Prestige Edition of COD:MW2 costs the same, what would you prefer a set of NV Goggles or the ability to waste a few years of your life....good bye life, champions here I come! :D
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ObiChrisKenobi
04/08/09 @ 13:08
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Looking back at all the games that offered lifetime deals with pre-orders they didn't last very long, well, a few years, but their overall community didn't last very long (Matrix Online, LoTR, Conan,etc).
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JohnnyFireBlade
04/08/09 @ 13:59
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Anyone know how the server arrangement's going to work? I don't want to get suckered into a US server account to claim the lifetime subscription and then find I can't play with mates in the UK because of it.
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Any game requiring a monthly subscription - on top of an initial purchase price, at that - will not be added to my collection.
Right on! Why spend $1 for an hour's gameplay of a great game when you could be paying $4 or $5 for the same thing! Buying more new games that give less value for money makes far more sense.
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WinterSnowblind
04/08/09 @ 16:11
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I can't believe anyone would spend this much money on any one game.. I've been in the beta for a while, and it's a pretty good game, but I'm just not willing to pay a subscription for it. I'd much rather just be able to buy new content as DLC add ons.
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@JohnnyFireBlade
I can't speak for the full game, but the beta had at least 3 servers on the go on the most recent one. Of course I can't be 100% sure how that'll translate to the Euro region, but going by the load testing they've been doing I'm guessing there'll be more than one. It is admittedly just a guess though, so I'm prepared to eat my hat when I'm wrong :) I wear cakes on my head. |
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@jay well if you've bothered going to the site and actally finding out stuff before flaming you'll actally find out this ISN'T the only way to get into the STO beta, they've thrown keys out in their irc channel, forums, and twitter, this only just gives you a 100% chance of getting in, but still this ISN'T a 'you don't pay you don't get in scam' like Halo is
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ObiChrisKenobi
05/08/09 @ 00:16
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"but their overall community didn't last very long"
LOTRO??? You have no clue. Howay man, sub numbers dwindled way faster then they'd have liked, sure it has its core community, but I bet thats the people who paid life subscriptions. |
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