Anyone take the lastest survey on the Sims 2 web page?
DrNerd:
I saw that survey as well. Aside from the whole idea behind them charging for CC (that will almost certainly not be any better than what's currently available through FREE creators), is that when they were asking where you currently download from, the only sites they mentioned were T$R, Peggy, Holy Simoly, Parsimonious, TS2, and the Exchange--TWO of those sites are 100% free and likely to stay that way, considering that the official site wants to be a paysite now. Think they're trying to convince people that CC should be paid for by sending people to T$R and Peggy instead of MTS2 or WNF?
That said, I doubt that if EAxis goes the pay route, any of it will end up on the booty. The whole point is that the paysites are violating the EULA; they don't have the right to make money off of .package files, but EAxis does. They can charge for CC if they want; those of us who aren't complete friggin' morons will go get better CC free elsewhere.
SnootCB:
Nothing to say about the survey but: ::)
And the thread title, it killses me.
MaryH:
That figures-that EA is planning to flog their crappy creations to the faithful for money. Next step, they will charge you for the honor of being a validated user on the BBS! Pay to log on! Pay to be flamed at when you disagree with another poster! Pay to read all the little girls ranting and raving about their oh so special families and houses!
Oh, lord...they must be getting very desperate. Phail indeed!
eevilcat:
If EAxis were to go down the paysite route then they might actually start enforcing the EULA as other paysites would then then be in direct competition with them. I think this is probably more of an indication of the direction that Sims3 is headed towards. They get to really milk the cash cow by dripfeeding new content but without the headache of added code functionality as they can contract artists to create themed sets of new content to sell on for large profits. There is one tiny plus point as I'd rather pay a couple of quid for the desirable items from a stuff pack without forking out for and having to install the whole thing.
Kazzandra:
Quote from: eevilcat on 2008 June 12, 08:02:54
There is one tiny plus point as I'd rather pay a couple of quid for the desirable items from a stuff pack without forking out for and having to install the whole thing.
I don't mind the paying arrrrring, but I do mind that the SPs are 400 mb of WHY? I could get equivalent CC in 10 mb.
Oh, and I hope EA thinks about how many tweens have a method of paying for their content online.
In addition, wouldn't this make Peer-to-Peer file sharing of EAxis content even easier? Or would they try to implement some sort of licensing for each item? 3 installs, and then you have to buy it again, eh?
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