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LotR Online's Free-To-Play Switch Tripled Revenue 91

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 07, 2011 @06:36PM from the one-does-not-simply-log-into-mordor dept.

Last June, Turbine made the decision to switch Lord of the Rings Online from a subscription-based business model to a free-to-play model supported by microtransactions. In a podcast interview with Ten Ton Hammer, Turbine executives revealed that the switch has gone well for the company, with game revenues roughly tripling. The active player base has also grown significantly in that time. Executive Producer Kate Paiz said, "This really echoes a lot of what we've seen throughout the entertainment industry in general. It's really about letting players make their choices about how they play."

Comment European users (Score 1) 268

by siilarsi on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @11:16AM (#28622763) Attached to: Pandora Stabilizes, No Longer Completely Free

It's *still* only available for US citizens.

Of course this is only a correction to the article if you belive that this still means Pandora is available to all the world, as some US citizens seem to belive... Sorry for spilling my guts like this but I'm profoundly tired of that particular issue, and I realise not everyone in the US like that.

Excerpt from pandora.com

We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.

Comment Re:S.E.T.I (Score 1) 806

by siilarsi on Saturday November 10, 2007 @04:45AM (#21305165) Attached to: Is SETI Worth It?

People always go on about how aliens can be totally incomprehensible to us, but that is just plain untrue. They operate on the same reality, under the same laws of physics and logic, as we do. If they are succesfull enough to reach the stars, then their psychology must conform to those laws; and that makes it similar to ours. Self-preservation, reproduction, social interaction: those are the things any succesfull intelligent species must base their psyche on. There may be more, of course, but these are the absolute minimum concepts all alien minds must have.

It seems you have created your own belief system concerning alien lifeforms, It's though arguing against that, not because you're nessecarily right in your beliefs, but because your beliefs are not based on any scientifical method, but on what you logically feel must be right.

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