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#1 lawler09
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looks like its gonna be pay to play and if EA are hosting prepare ourselves for lag and disconnects, i cant even connect to EA servers on sports game, nevermind a game where 256 people are gonna be in one game!

An email titled "Short Survey. Big New Game." has gone out to PlayStation Underground, reports The BitBag, and it tips its hand to pricing plans for MAG, the working title of the combat MMO Sony announced way back at E3.

The survey featured "at least 15 questions related to payment plans for the game," says Bitbag. "Seems Sony's plan is to charge a yearly or monthly fee, while also one time fees for content downloads. It also mentioned hosting partners being EA, Sony, and Activision."

Conveniently, no screen grabs of the survey itself exist, although Bitbag did provide some of the email. If anyone in our community's taken this survey, or has additional info about it, let us hear it. Thanks.

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#2 AgentH
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We have to pay to play MAG online? The servers better be PERFECT! MAG is one of my 2009's most looking forward games and I can't wait to see actual gameplay footages.
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#3 rsoxguy12
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not interested in mag anymore...
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#4 deactivated-60a18c108ffa9
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This would completely suck! PSN is a free service, but now EA are going to fluff it up! WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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#5 BrettB7400
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I thought about buying this game but since EA is doing it and you have to pay a monthly fee, NO THANKS! The only game I would buy from EA is from Criteria which does the burnout games.
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#6 G-Legend
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WHAT?! I thought MAG was made by Zipper Interactive, since when did EA have anything to do with them. That would be lame if we had to pay to play.
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#7 jdc6305
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not interested in mag anymore...rsoxguy12
Yep same here.
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#8 pyromaniac223
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I told you you would have to pay for it. It's a semi-MMO and they cost a LOT of money to make and maintain. Who honestly sexpected this would be free?
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#9 kenshinhimura10
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I told you you would have to pay for it. It's a semi-MMO and they cost a LOT of money to make and maintain. Who honestly sexpected this would be free?pyromaniac223

I did.

Oh well, if Sony brings Tales of Pirates to the PSN I will be more than glad. I seriously cant get pass the registering In Angels Love Online

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EA seriously are going head to head with Sony and PS3 gamers. They haven't improved any of their games lately and not to mention their crappy online servers. What are they trying to prove with their latest decision? They need our money to get better servers? EA, one of the biggest gaming firms in gaming history needs our money now?
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#11 RockPwner
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BOO!!!!!

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#12 error11
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That sucks! I hope they lose a lot of sales due to this!:evil:
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#13 AgentH
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BOO!!!!!

RockPwner



Second that.

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I received that poll and can offer up a few details. While the name MAG was not mentioned once in the poll, the description of the gameplay/type seemed VERY much like MAG. Here is a picture of the email that was sent to me.

To start with, there were a whole lot of questions asking your thoughts and opinions concerning what 3 possible features from a choice of 10 would you most like to see. Things ranging from increased clan sizes, to downloadable content, to being able to participate in a Beta. Once those had been answered, a few questions were asked relating to what systems you own, and play, and how many hours of each do you play them per day, week, etc. The next few questions asked if you played any MMO type games on your pc, and how much you paid per month to play for them. From there, you were given 4-5 options, each containing various prices and possible added features, and could only choose one of the 5. Each category had a different developer listed as a publisher, EA, Activision, Sony and one other, but I can't recall who at the moment, and pricing for each. For example, I remember one box had Sony listed with a flat price of $125 annually, giving you access to the game, additional clan sizes, personal clan chat rooms, access to the beta and so on. Prices ranged from 1.99 for per feature pricing, all the way up to 14.99 per month for certain packages. If you clicked on the "I wouldn't agree to any of these" catergory, it generated a new set of 5 boxes, filled with different options until you had selected one of the boxes with a pricing you agreed with. After saying "I would not pay for any of these" 10 times, I finally clicked on the EA as publisher, 4.99 a month with all features included so that I could go on with the survey.

That's pretty much the way the survey went. I guess it would have been a good idea to screencap a few times, but I didn't really bother with it. I still have the email, but when I try and click on the link, it simply says you already completed the survey, and thank you for your time. I guess we'll find out more on it later. Again, it didn't say anything about the name MAG, but...it sure does sound like it.

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EA seriously are going head to head with Sony and PS3 gamers. They haven't improved any of their games lately and not to mention their crappy online servers. What are they trying to prove with their latest decision? They need our money to get better servers? EA, one of the biggest gaming firms in gaming history needs our money now?AgentH
Dude...MAG is a semi-MMO. Games like that take craploads of money to create and maintain. I mean, look at WoW. It is THE most expensive game ever created. It would be stupidity to make something like MAG and NOT charge. It would lose them a lot of money.
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MAG, your boat has arrived:

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#17 pyromaniac223
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MMOs always cost money. I guarantee you that the DC mmo will also have a subscription fee.
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#18 CosmoKing7717
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sad part was he didnt give a link or anything T.T just of 3 month old articles...
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#19 Shadow4020
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i don't think that it's such a big deal, it's not like it's going to cost $50 a month or something...
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#20 bloodlust_101
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So we are gonna have to pay, for a shooter? I think Ill pass, Resistance 2, 60 players, low/no lag (if 1 was anything to go off) and its free.
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#21 CONMAN999PS
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Maybe it's not even MAG. MAG is being made by Zipper not EA
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#22 Timmeus
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If MAG does require subscription fee count me out, probably the reason why a lot of people don't play MMOs that and there generic themes and boring combat.
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#23 CorporateHammer
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[QUOTE="rsoxguy12"]not interested in mag anymore...jdc6305
Yep same here.

Yep

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#24 CorporateHammer
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MAG, your boat has arrived:

ChiSoxBombers

LOL

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#25 dantesergei
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well i think i prefer buying "Fat princess" now. :P :)