HACKER Q&A
📣 calflegal

How tired are you of subscription services?


I'm thinking if shipping some little web music games. If I were ever to monetize it, should I go with free to play and one-time purchases or should I try to pursue some subscription model?

At this point I personally feel tired of everybody wanting some number of bucks per month, though I get that it aligns business costs with customer payments. How do you feel about this issue and what would you do in the case of this project?


  👤 PaulHoule Accepted Answer ✓
Not very tired, at least when it comes to "useful" software; I'm about to subscribe to Plex Pass because I want the DVR support (I have a HD Homerun.)

I haven't subscribed to play a game for a long time and expect never to do so. I solidly reject GAME PASS from Microsoft but I am a Meta Quest + subscriber although I'm not sure I play enough VR and haven't been impressed with the quality of the games on it lately.


👤 stop50
I limit myself to a few subs, which i check every few months.

Otherwise i would be broke, since only a portion of the series i watch are available on a subscription.

Plus i avoid amazon because of reasons.


👤 not_your_vase
Subscriptions are fine as long as I get continuously my money's worth.

👤 JohnFen
I don't do subscriptions, personally, and especially not for games.

👤 wryoak
Subscriptions are fine if you keep delivering new content

👤 bigbuppo
If you are ethical, moral, and otherwise decent, do a one-time purchase. Otherwise, extract every last cent of revenue you can using the scummiest of subscription mechanisms you can muster combined with advertising.