Summary: Fifteen bucks, little man⦠I can remember a time well over a decade ago when paying a subscription to play a game wasnât too far fetched. I guess they still exist now? Iâm not sure. Seems most died out or went free-to-play and offered other ways of making money rather than paying something monthly. Still, playing World Of Warcraft or City Of Heroes was a monthly fee. For one game. And I paid it willingly without issue. Like it wasâ¦reasonable. I have monthly fees now that cover so much more than a single game. Game Pass sort of broke that mold, but we were still doing it with places like GameFly and some other sub services that offered a few games a month. It may still be around for MMO type of games like the ones I mentioned earlier but you just donât see it anymore, really. That I know of. I could be wrong and thereâs a whole world of subscription games. But Iâm willing to bet thereâs less of them now than there were a decade ago. Having said that, here comes Zen Studios with a subscription plan forâ¦pinball. I never thought I would see something like this come to pinball. A subscription model. For pinball. And itâs $15 a month. I mean, I know it lets you play all their tables for $15 a month, but thatâs absurd. I have a ton of their tables and Iâve played them a lot, but thereâs this whole âbridge too farâ thing, and I think I found it. And I get youâre paying that to play ALL of those tables so maybe it doesnât break down to $15 for one game, but Iâve owned most of the tables on previous versions and only had to pay once for that. Now, theyâre moving to a different storefront (itâs a stretch to say âplatformâ here) and tables will not transfer. Youâve gotta buy them all over again. ORâ¦pay a monthly fee to play them all. They knew this would happen and I guess came up with the subscription plan as a way to say âHey, you donât have to rebuy them, just pay this a month and you get all of them!â Theyâve also changed how you buy the tables as well and itâs a mess. Theyâre catching the right kind of flack for this and I hate to see it happen because Iâm a big fan of theirs. But bad business is bad business and I hope they eventually find a way to fix this for their customers and fans alike. Meanwhileâ¦Ubisoft, itâs been 3,154 days since the last Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, or VR exclusive).
