But would you still quit it if they made it 'good enough'? That's exactly the core of my qustion. In order for this game to be good enough, it can not be f2p. f2p is just not a viable model for games that aim at being great. Hell, even at being good.

Well something else to consider is the amount of negative press shutting down the current version and relaunching with a subscription based model would generate
What marketing they have done is heavily pimping this as free to play and a shift over would alienate those that are still kicking around only because its free to play and I imagine they would be left with a few hundred EVE players as the only ones remaining lowering potential profits especially if they manage to pay for their subscriptions purchasing time from other players in game, I know some people already do that EVE side

No i wouldn't. And many people won't either making PC boring cause corps will leave cause of members leaving the corp for other games tht are not subscription based and corps would shrink and not play it. No amount of money will get this game better any sooner. it's about time and patience. there r plenty of F2P games thts r good. WoTs especially and so on.

WoT would never have survied on consoles. Plus if you think about WoT it's browser quality. Is it fun to play? Sure because it's kinda unique and historically acurate. But it's not a console FPS that has to compete with other quality console FPS. It's a unique game with it's unique corner of the game market - that's what has gotten it as far as it has.

I would stop playing Dust for sure, I would pay a 1 time $60 payment, but there is NO WAY I would ever pay subscription.

Why? Also, $5/month is $60 per year. The only difference is that the developer has an incentive to keep adding content if a subscription is chosen.

Side note: I am surprised by your stance. I saw your recent posts you seem to be very disenchanged with how the game has turned out in its current state. I think it has a lot to do with f2p system that encourages scewed balance and poor effort on the part of the developer.

i think it would have survived on consoles. it's a great game. just cause it isn't ur cup of tea doesn't mean people don't love it. Plus what makes it browser quality. Graphics? thts about it. the gameplay is absolutely Amazing. Unlike dust.

I would argue against that, there are many games out there across several genres that are entirely free to play and extremely high quality and feature complete

I like f2p games better than subscription games. I enjoy knowing that if I get tired or see a new shiny game to play that it is okay for me to put down what ever f2p game I was playing and come back to it later because I'm not paying a subscription for it. I can also play the f2p game when I'm dead broke and can't afford a subscription eating away at my monthly budget.

However, in essence, dust already has a subscription based method. The boosters make me feel like I'm paying for a subscription because I can't just leave the game without feeling like I'm not getting my money's worth. It is the exact same feeling I get when I pay a subscription for something. I'm okay with this brand of subscription as long as I can still play the game without having to use boosters and I can eventually get to exactly the same place as a booster person.

The type of f2p models that mixes subscriptions that I don't like are those that say you can never get to the same place as a subscriber. I think dust's model is doing well and I hope that it is a complete success because I want other f2p games to copy what dust is doing.

Yes graphics. The game is amazing on its own - it does not have to compete with anything else. The WOT developers made a relatively cheap game in its own novel genre. They get to dictate rules in their corner of the market. Unfortunately the same does nto apply to DUST, it's a late arrival in the world of console FPS. The MECHANICS of an FPS game have a pretty high bench mark that I think DUST wont reach without an extra development push.

there incentive now is if they bring nothing we stop buying arurm and the other stuff they release for it. and wat balance problems r there tht would be fixed by subscription based system.

Which ones would you offer as an example?

Street Fighter X Mega Man
Bunny Must Die
Katawa Shoujo
Spelunky
Mechwarrior Online
Cave Story
Net Hack
Dwarf Fortress
Slender
I Wanna Be The Guy


I could go on, the freeware market is full of excellent games

Another one of these threads...

Subscription based online play is why most people chose the PS3 over the Xbox, smart guy.

Aurum OR Subscription.
Until the game is fixed, good luck convincing people to purchase either.

I would only pay if we had MTAC's, Jets, all weapon variants, and received a hefty amount of content every month.

Dunno about you, smart guy. I chose PS3 because I am used to PS platform for better or worse. Now your second point: this game wont be fixed unless there was more incentive for the devs. I would be willing to pay 5$ for prime content. And if CCP failed even after that - it woul be only 5$ extra that I would have wated after dumping 40$ in merc packs following their hollow promises. I just think that if there is a chance for Dust to be rescued it would be to take it out of the f2p hole. Right now I am sure no one buys AUR anymore. And if there is no cash flow CCP wont be working on the game.