2010-05-28, 02:47 PM
Hazzy Wrote:10% from NA. How many areas are there? Korea, Japan, China, Viet, HK, Europe, Brazil, and NA? Averages at 12% per, so NA is below par....
Interesting.
NA NX's everything and makes less than Korea and their perma NX. Lawlz.
My opinion of this is because quite frankly, the turnover rate for players of MMOs is relatively high, at least in the first few months. I think that people who are looking for a new game give each a shot until they find one that they can sink into. With the perma method, they already got the $ from people who leave and those who stay don't need to worry about repeated charges. That or we just have a really small population in comparison. Or the fact that gaming can be seen as a profession in some places over there. Heck, I'm not sure what the real reason is, but it makes sense to me.
After I settled into MS, I spent $ on them every so often, but after 3 years of this I looked back at myself and said "wow, I've already spent 200$ on this 'free' game, what the heck to I have to show for it?" That ultimately stopped my NX purchases; however I do admit if they made items perma, I might buy a card maybe twice a year again.
Ultimately this shows that some sort of changes should be made since they can't even keep up with other regions. Maybe do something substantial for long time players so they don't feel left out?