Comments on: Content. What’s it good for? http://www.antipwn.com/blog/2007/02/27/content-whats-it-good-for/ Adventures in figuring out MMO design Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryuno http://www.antipwn.com/blog/2007/02/27/content-whats-it-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Ryuno Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:10:55 +0000 http://antipwn.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/content-whats-it-good-for/#comment-5 I think good gameplay can give the illusion of content (as in it seems like theres more content than there is). I'm not sure if you can really charge for gameplay over content. I wouldn't dream of paying 8.99 a month to play tetris online, but I would pay 8.99 to an MMORPG. Its a tough question really. The players need to believe what their paying for is worth it. Content is something they can see/feel/use, whereas gameplay is the product of them doing something with the content. I think good gameplay can give the illusion of content (as in it seems like theres more content than there is).

I’m not sure if you can really charge for gameplay over content. I wouldn’t dream of paying 8.99 a month to play tetris online, but I would pay 8.99 to an MMORPG. Its a tough question really.

The players need to believe what their paying for is worth it. Content is something they can see/feel/use, whereas gameplay is the product of them doing something with the content.

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