JamesCLK
Red Mist Ltd
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Posted - 2011.06.16 20:44:00 -
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Phew, talk about a rude wake up call!
As has been stated countless times already (abeit in a more blunt way), you really scared some people with that blog and the storm of complaints that it brought could very likely have been at least partially avoided if it had been made much more clear that it was still up for debate.
Regardless, I digress. So I'm just going to drop my feedback right here;
Since CCP isn't "supposedly" in this for the money (the revenue is quite minor compared to the subscriptions), I was going to suggest that you tie this in with the already established PLEX programe. Since a PLEX is worth 15$, being able to pay for the commercial liscence with a PLEX would likely solve a lot of problems. This means that apps or services that charge ISK (as an ingame currency for payment), or who gain substancial donations would be able to pay for said liscence with a handfull of PLEX (much like how we can buy Fanfest tickets with them, much appreciated CCP). In a way, this is equivalent to having the users pay real $ since someone, somewhere, sometime bought that PLEX for said money (and indeed, that is the beauty of the PLEX market).
Now of course this means that these 3rd party developpers would need to pull together a couple of billion isk worth of PLEX to pay the annual fee, but it shouldn't be too big a task (it just plain adds to the options for the developer since you're more likely to be donated or paid ingame isk than RL$$$).
This does however present some interesting issues with regards to the market price of PLEX (more demand with a somewhat constant supply is a large player in inflating PLEX prices if there isn't a PLEX reliant expansion on the horizon - Incarna, hint hint) rising, something I'm sure the CCP marketing department would be delighted to conduct research uppon.
Just my 0.02 ISK.
Cheers, and let's hope this doesn't blow up in anyones face more than it already has.
PS: Many people have said this, and I will too: Don't forget to bring it up with the CSM and possibly Chribba (the guy did offer to fly to Iceland to take it up with you).
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