First Pay-To-Play game FFCC

[CockroachMan]

WiiWare service launched today on Japan and people who downloaded the game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King received a message saying that the game will require additional points for additional data or services. The message came with the red symbol Nintendo talked about.

Jeux-France reports that the game will charge for DLC. Looks like the game will let the player download new buildings and characters for prices between 100 and 300 yen (1 to 3 dollars I think).

source: http://kotaku.com/371728/wiiware-extra-pay...e-games-go-live and http://www.jeux-france.com/news25507_ffcc-...tenu-en-dl.html

 

[Bob Evil]

Yeah, 100 yen is equal to 99 cents in the US, or 50p in the UK.

 

[jgu1994]

If i remember correctly, the rate for yen to dollars is like 115 yen for 1 dollar. I'm not sure though cause this might be out of date.

 

[Bob Evil]

The rates I posted are accurate as of when I posted it ... check with xe.com ... it does live updates of currency exchange rates.

 

[Vater Unser]

If i remember correctly, the rate for yen to dollars was like 115 yen for 1 dollar when the dollar was still worth shit. I'm not sure though cause this might be out of date.

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[Bob Evil]

If i remember correctly, the rate for yen to dollars was like 115 yen for 1 dollar when the dollar wasn't only fit to wipe your ass with.. I'm not sure though cause this might be out of date.

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[jgu1994]

So now canada=usa=japan dollars

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[Vater Unser]

So now canada=usa=japan dollars

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Soon it'll be australian dollars = US dollars

BTT: I'll laugh at the fools who'll pay for extra content for a fucking $15 minigame

Edit: whoops, didn't see the mod edits when I wrote this post...don't ban, kthxbai

 

[The Teej]

If Pay-to-Play is just for stuff like DLC, instead of actually playing online, that's cool with me. 50p for extra content doesn't sound so bad, provided it's a fair amount and they don't abuse DLC.

 

[Bob Evil]

It is just DLC, just like some 360 and some PS3 games have had already ... I think Pay-to-Play is going to be mis-interpreted by many ... they will think it is a subscription service, as opposed to just buying extra content.

 

[jumpman17]

If Pay-to-Play is just for stuff like DLC, instead of actually playing online, that's cool with me. 50p for extra content doesn't sound so bad, provided it's a fair amount and they don't abuse DLC.

I hope they have $5 horse armor!

 

[Vater Unser]

It is just DLC, just like some 360 and some PS3 games have had already ... I think Pay-to-Play is going to be mis-interpreted by many ... they will think it is a subscription service, as opposed to just buying extra content.

I believe it'll be both...

 

[The Teej]

If Pay-to-Play is just for stuff like DLC, instead of actually playing online, that's cool with me. 50p for extra content doesn't sound so bad, provided it's a fair amount and they don't abuse DLC.

I hope they have $5 horse armor!

Now now, don't be mean

They already said it'd be $1-3, hehe.

 

[Hitto]

But it's not even an online game, is it?

 

[tjas]

Everytime you get: Thanks for playing! every 20 min. and you have to pay to continue

 

[FAST6191]

Wonder if it will be true downloads or just glorified unlock codes..........

 

[CockroachMan]

The thing was better explained now..

If you want to recruit Yukes, Lilties or Selkies you have to pony up extra dough to construct a building for them. No wonder we’ve seen mostly Clavats adventurers so far! I just imagined the Leo was King of a Clavat country.


Additional costumes will be available for Leo and Chancellor Chime too like this pirate set. Square Enix has not announced final pricing for each item, but downloadable content falls between 100 – 300 Wii Points ($1 - $3) a piece. I imagine costumes will take the lower end of the sliding scale ringing in at 100 Wii Points a piece. Buildings to recruit extra races will obviously cost more. Hopefully not 300 Wii Points per race.

source: http://www.siliconera.com/2008/03/25/extra...king-explained/

So, you have to pay to have more races in the game..

 

[BakuFunn]

When the CC branch of FF's are about custom races. This is complete crap.

 

[Bob Evil]

Wonder if it will be true downloads of just glorified unlock codes..........

6 of one, half a dozen of the other ... probably.

The first few will be unlocks, I reckon ... then, the real new content will emerge.

It's like the weekly Prof. Layton 'downloads' ... all that is happening is another locked puzzle, already in the game, is being opened for use.

 

[Neko]

Whoa. DLC on my Wii. That's cool. I love DLC. Even bought some on my 360. I hope they make some sort of wiipoints for it instead of chargin your credit card.