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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 06:05:58 PM

Title: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 06:05:58 PM
http://www.massively.com/2009/04/04/rumor-lord-of-the-rings-online-heading-to-xbox-360/

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"According to a reliable source, Turbine is currently eyeing their MMO, Lord of the Rings: Online, for an Xbox 360 release. The source added that Turbine has hit a snag, unrelated to the development process. Microsoft, allegedly, won't commit to allow Turbine to utilize a free-to-play model, which is what the developer desires for the console version of LotRO."
Title: Re: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: E-DuB on April 04, 2009, 07:58:32 PM
Square cock blocked it maybe? Or does it have to do with the talks that have been going on with Blizzard???
Title: Re: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: TVC15 on April 04, 2009, 08:01:12 PM
Quote from: E-DuB on April 04, 2009, 07:58:32 PM
Square cock blocked it maybe? Or does it have to do with the talks that have been going on with Blizzard???

MS gets a rather large chunk of every microtransaction, don't they?  There's the answer.
Title: Re: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 08:01:26 PM
Quote from: E-DuB on April 04, 2009, 07:58:32 PM
Square cock blocked it maybe? Or does it have to do with the talks that have been going on with Blizzard???

How many times does Blizzard have to say that WoW isn't going to consoles before people will stop thinking it is?

Apparently MS has some MMO plan in the works for Live that won't alienate Silver members and won't force Gold members to pay twice. The whole free to play thing is what made them say no.
Title: Re: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: TVC15 on April 04, 2009, 08:02:48 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 08:01:26 PM
Apparently MS has some MMO plan in the works for Live that won't alienate Silver members and won't force Gold members to pay twice. The whole free to play thing is what made them say no.


iirc, can't silver members play FFXI if they pay that game's fee?
Title: Re: Turbine working to port LOTRO to Xbox 360 with FREE TO PLAY model, MS says "no"
Post by: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 08:05:30 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on April 04, 2009, 08:02:48 PM
Quote from: ManaByte on April 04, 2009, 08:01:26 PM
Apparently MS has some MMO plan in the works for Live that won't alienate Silver members and won't force Gold members to pay twice. The whole free to play thing is what made them say no.


iirc, can't silver members play FFXI if they pay that game's fee?

Yes, but Gold has to pay twice. The origin of the LOTRO news says:
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The good news is we’re hearing that Microsoft is close to finalizing an MMO model for Xbox LIVE. This is a model that, hopefully, won’t exclude Silver members or force Gold subscribers to pay for two services simultaneously.