tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139519.post-1113924602997870602005-04-19T08:25:00.000-07:002005-04-19T08:30:03.000-07:00An NCsoft VP posted some <a href="http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=general&Number=2689245&bodyprev=#Post2689245">thoughts on forums</a> about whether NC Soft would offer a "package" deal as SOE does for those who play multiple MMOs published by one company. NCsoft has a lot of upcoming MMORPGs (Guild Wars, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa) on top of City of Heroes and the Lineage games: <blockquote>We're looking at the potential of package deals for PlayNC products, but want to have a bunch of titles in the lineup first (so it's a better value).<br /><br />GuildWars has a different revenue model (no sub fee) so it probably doesn't fall under a package - it would be for subscription games only if we did it.<br /><br />There's a number of reasons for and against the model - one of the trickier issues to deal with is that we have to pay royalties to our 3rd party companies (Cryptic Studios, NetDevil, etc.) and if someone's paying a package rate for a bunch of games it turns out to be quite tricky to properly assign royalties. Sony hasn't done a lot of 3rd party products so they don't have that issue as much (Galaxies? Is that part of Station now?) - but about half of our upcoming games are from outside developers.<br /><br />(Yes, someone will say "just do it by time played" - but then you're incentivizing developers to do things like design their game so it's beneficial for you to stay logged on all night so they get more royalties).</blockquote>Blackjackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005594248505843270noreply@blogger.com