Would YOU pay a Giant Bomb subscription fee?

In the 3rd Giant Bomb PAX panel, Jeff briefly talked about a potential subscription based Giant Bomb dealy-ma-bob. If this were implemented, would you pay a fee for subscription and if you would, how much would you pay? I'd totally be for a yearly, or even monthly subscription. I would probably pay up to around 50 bucks a year, depending on what kind of benefits you'd get for subscribing. I already pay that for XBL and I'm completely happy with that service, and I think the Giant Bomb boys could make a subscription fee well worth it.

No.

i would pay for a giantbomb magazine

Yes, if included a free T-shirt or DVD or something. And no ads, ala IGN Insider.

If it was ad free site *though its all ready relatively ad free* and i got special privies...then id pay like say 5 dollars a month or 20-30 dollars a year.

Meh. I wouldnt. 
But who knows.

Depends on cost and what the benefits are.

if it came with some things like a T-shirt/DVD or a limited edition autographed photo of thestaff..and with no ads on the site, maybe some sort of badge on your profile.

I don't know. I went to great lengths to make sure I support them by purchasing the IPhone app, so I would probably support them, but I really like the sites free add free nature. I wouldn't even mind a free ad present site.

" i would pay for a giantbomb magazine "

Yes, because I know they would make it super fucking amazing somehow. That's why I'm here.

" No. "

I don't think I would, but it depends on what the benefits are, & knowing these fad muckers, they could be pretty zany to the max, yo...

It would be weird to charge for access to content created by users. Unless that is free and there would be Premium services like the Bombcast and stuff like that.

If its truley worth it

Ehh...maybe. I'll wait and see what this would entail.

Depends on what you would get with a subscription, so no isn't totally out of the question.  However I have never payed a subscription for an online site, so it would have to depend on the price

No way

" @Absurd said:

" No. "

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Neh, not sure. I mean, I'm not cheap or anything, and I would gladly buy any extra benefits within reason, but it's the matter of what the benefit is.

it depends on what you get when you subscribe

 Doubt i would. Depends on what the subscription gets you.

I would pay upwards of $1000 dollars. But seriously, it would have to have some great benefis.

" @brainwins: They made sure to clarify that it would be content in addition to the current site, it made it sound like what is free now will remain free. "

Yes.
 
If all they did was give the subscribers their own forum it'd be worth it. Less trolls.

It's amazing how this generation of consoles has managed to convince people to pay (and be satisfied with said payment) for things that really haven't ever cost the consumer anything before.

Nope.

" i would pay for a giantbomb magazine "

Yeah, definitely.

" Nop dude, I like my adds "

OMG gian@Zajtalan: that sounds awesome....a giant bomb magazine with like Vinny and the guys all over it! i can see it right now

no

Despite the fact that I follow this site like a religion, there's no way I'd pay a subscription fee.

" It's amazing how this generation of consoles has managed to convince people to pay (and be satisfied with said payment) for things that really haven't ever cost the consumer anything before. "

No.  I can list a million reasons why, but the biggest reason is that it will lead to Giant Bomb losing some of what makes Giant Bomb so awesome. 
 
@Dethfish77 said:

" Yes. If all they did was give the subscribers their own forum it'd be worth it. Less trolls. "

" Depends on cost and what the benefits are. "

" Yes, because I know they would make it super fucking amazing somehow. That's why I'm here. "

If the benefits for doing so were good, then yes. I probably would.

I think they could probably get away with it if they did 8 or 9 hours of live streaming Endurance Runs every day.

really depends on the benefit compared to the price they're asking, of course I love the site and visit it every day so I would definitely consider a subscription.

ok

No. And why isn't this a poll? Either way, I find the pay model makes communities change

I'd prefer ads.

Yes I would, for no ads.  I don't care about other benefits; in fact I'd rather not have additional on-site benefits because I hate it when a community like this is split into haves and have-nots, regardless of which side I'm on.  Basically anything that draws attention to subscribers over everybody else (ie. a tag, sigs, any extra forum rights etc.) would instantly put me off the entire idea.
 
I would have donated long ago if given the option.  I appreciate Jeff's concerns as expressed on the panel, but I think he is wrong to consider donations as being given in return for nothing; they would have been given in return for hours of (effectively) ad-free entertainment, every week for the last year - there would have been nothing wrong with accepting them, regardless of GB being a commercial entity*.  I can imagine other perfectly understandable reasons why they chose not to accept them though, such as 'This will definitely end in drama and tears', which it certainly would have.
 
*Note: I have no idea how some people didn't manage to figure out the super secret business model that GB has been operating under.

the day they start askin for money is the day i leave

Absolutely.