TotalGaming Phase 2 Prelaunch Has Begun!
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<P>We've begun preparations for the launch of the next phase of TotalGaming.net (what we've been referring to as Phase 2). </P>
<P><STRONG>Why Phase 2?</STRONG></P>
<P>Phase 1 worked on a fairly straight forward premise: For $X users could get all the games added to it for one year. At the end of the year, the user had to re-subscribe to keep getting new games. The problem was that game developers didn't want to share royalties with games they didn't think people wanted. If ALL the games were available, then the royalties had to be split amongst ALL games. While this wasn't an issue as long as the games were primarily Stardock titles, it made it hard to start getting higher profile or newer content.</P>
<P>That's where Phase 2 comes in. Gamers can purchase games individually or they'll be able to purchase a TotalGaming.net membership which will provide 10 tokens. Different games will cost differing amounts (A $19.95 game would cost 2 tokens, a $39.95 game would cost 4 tokens, a $9.95 game would cost 1 token and so forth). Gamers then can pick and choose which games they want. </P>
<P>The end result is a much larger variety to choose from than what would have previously been possible under the phase 1 system. Members will also be given early peeks at some of the games under development such as <STRONG><A href="http://www.societygame.com/">Society</A>.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>What it means for existing TotalGaming.net users:</STRONG></P>
<P>The ones who benefit from the new system the most is of course the existing TotalGaming.net subscribers. Not only will they get the 9 existing games on TotalGaming.net but they will also get <A href="https://www.galciv2.com"><STRONG>Galactic Civilizations II</STRONG> </A>no matter when it is released -- so no need to re-subscribe. On top of that, TG.net users will get 10 tokens to use on existing games. Most of the new games will cost between 1 and 3 tokens so this effectively means an additional 4 to 6 new games.</P>
<P><STRONG>Launch Date: </STRONG>Around June 21st we hope to begin migrating existing players to the new system. A week after that we hope to a general launch. Stay tuned!</P>
