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Well my initial response is "LAAAAAAAAAAAME". But then I realize I don't care about this game and this "it's free online but you just need to buy $10 worth of in-game stuff first to get started"
TF2 still has the best F2P setup to go premium.
"HEY, BUY A $.50 HAT AND GO PREMIUM, WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HAT! HATS HATS HATS HATS HAAAAAATS!
"HEY, BUY A $.50 HAT AND GO PREMIUM, WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HAT! HATS HATS HATS HATS HAAAAAATS!
If you are required to pay an certain amount of money to play a game, then it isn't free to play. Even if it is ''given back'' as in-game credit.
The game itself is free though right?
If that's the case, I'm okay with having to drop 10-20 bucks of in game credits to play then.
If the game itself costs anything, then forget about it.
If that's the case, I'm okay with having to drop 10-20 bucks of in game credits to play then.
If the game itself costs anything, then forget about it.
"We might go fully free-to-play down the line, but in the beginning we have a cover charge just to manage the initial launch of it."
Then charge $10 for the game on the PSN...
Hmmmmm...this is kind of fishy. There are two types of F2P games - the kind that allow you to technically get by without paying (TF2), and the kind that string you along and essentially force you to pay (Dragon Age Legends). I hope this is the former.
Then charge $10 for the game on the PSN...
Hmmmmm...this is kind of fishy. There are two types of F2P games - the kind that allow you to technically get by without paying (TF2), and the kind that string you along and essentially force you to pay (Dragon Age Legends). I hope this is the former.
I didn't know this game was F2P. I thought it was going to be 15 bucks.
In other news, WHY NOT JUST CHARGE 15 BUCKS?
In other news, WHY NOT JUST CHARGE 15 BUCKS?
Sweet!!! When they announced this at E3, I assumed it would be a $60 disc based title like DCUO.
$10-20 Sounds much better to me.
Lately I've been totally sick of Sci Fi shooters,but this sounds interesting enough to lure me back.
$10-20 Sounds much better to me.
Lately I've been totally sick of Sci Fi shooters,but this sounds interesting enough to lure me back.
We geting the game for free, but for us to play it we hve to buy in game stuff? That doesn't sound like free to me!!!
Why are people bitching? They're trying to charge us and at least make it feel like we're getting that extra value and people are claiming, "NOOOO, I DON'T WANT A BETTER DEAL! TAKE MY MONEY INSTEAD!"
Sorry but just sounds kinda retarded to me.
For people that want to play this, sounds like an even better deal to me.
Sorry but just sounds kinda retarded to me.
For people that want to play this, sounds like an even better deal to me.
Oh! So it's like an online pass, except every one has to pay for it instead of just people who buy the game used. Sweet.
So it's like buying the game and it comes with in-game money? That sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
They really need a new marketing person or something because CCP has gone batshit crazy lately.
Just sell the damn game for 20 bucks and save yourself the grief this is going to cause.
Just sell the damn game for 20 bucks and save yourself the grief this is going to cause.
Now I'm getting confused. So it's a free download game from PSN? I thought it would be a retail game that we pay our $60.00 for then play as much as we like. It seems they might have been smarter to go that route... how do they expect to make money from a $20.00 cover charge? Do they have ingame advertising?... is this a microtransaction game where I'll constantly be buying new crap with my credit card?
... so confusing.
... so confusing.
This has been known for a while, though how it is worded is a bit...weird.
Why not just say that there's a $10-20 purchase cost that is reimbursed with in-game currency to get players started (so you can purchase weapons and stuff for you loadout) and from there nothing else involves real world currency unless otherwise dictated by a pure consumer choice of spending more on the game?
Why not just say that there's a $10-20 purchase cost that is reimbursed with in-game currency to get players started (so you can purchase weapons and stuff for you loadout) and from there nothing else involves real world currency unless otherwise dictated by a pure consumer choice of spending more on the game?
"Its free but you have to pay us to be able to play it" Fuck off.
Not that I care really, Id never heard about this game before now and I wont remember it by tomorrow.
Not that I care really, Id never heard about this game before now and I wont remember it by tomorrow.
To be clear, I am not worried about the "cover charge". As other people have simply said, it's $10 instead of $60 - that is a good deal by any stretch of the imagination.
However, I am worried that this is setting itself up for a money-trap MMO scheme - similar to Dragon Age Legends, where you basically have to pay to keep playing. Free to Play games launch all the time for free without having some sort of sleazy way to get you to pay upfront to "upkeep servers". I think they're trying to get you to buy into their ecosystem, and trap you upfront.
However, I am worried that this is setting itself up for a money-trap MMO scheme - similar to Dragon Age Legends, where you basically have to pay to keep playing. Free to Play games launch all the time for free without having some sort of sleazy way to get you to pay upfront to "upkeep servers". I think they're trying to get you to buy into their ecosystem, and trap you upfront.
@afrotravis... but I would rather just pay $60 and not ever have to pay any additional costs. Ingame microtransactions can easily add up to way more than $60.00 over time.
@Elsa
Yep! There are a ton of different models, but [bad] Free to Play games are the worst. See this comic:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/6/10/.
I'd rather just take a flat $15 a month subscription fee (like WoW), and KNOW for sure I'm getting 100% of the game.
Not, "$15 for this ammo pack!" "$15 for this character pack!" $15 for this level pack!" "$15 for extra 'energy cells', so you can play the game more!" Oh, did we neglect to tell you that regular play will exhaust all these purchases in less than a month? Too bad!
Yep! There are a ton of different models, but [bad] Free to Play games are the worst. See this comic:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/6/10/.
I'd rather just take a flat $15 a month subscription fee (like WoW), and KNOW for sure I'm getting 100% of the game.
Not, "$15 for this ammo pack!" "$15 for this character pack!" $15 for this level pack!" "$15 for extra 'energy cells', so you can play the game more!" Oh, did we neglect to tell you that regular play will exhaust all these purchases in less than a month? Too bad!
Ok so like many here, I originally thought that this game would be a $60 game that I would have to pick up at gamestop or whatever.
But now it is a $10-$20 dollar game that I buy from the PS store? Sounds good to me! Though I am worried about how many times I will have to buy things, like Elsa said.
PS: I don't get why they don't just say it is a $10 dollar game...
But now it is a $10-$20 dollar game that I buy from the PS store? Sounds good to me! Though I am worried about how many times I will have to buy things, like Elsa said.
PS: I don't get why they don't just say it is a $10 dollar game...
They're giving a good reason for this even if they don't have to give a reason at all. Specially since people seem to forget things can't survive if money's not exchanged somewhere.
@Magnalon
Are there any "good" F2P games? I've never played one that wasn't a constant sales pitch. And they usually use "free" as an excuse to be kind of shitty. Despite not actually being free. I much prefer the "Lite/Premium" business model.
Are there any "good" F2P games? I've never played one that wasn't a constant sales pitch. And they usually use "free" as an excuse to be kind of shitty. Despite not actually being free. I much prefer the "Lite/Premium" business model.
No Xbox -> Me being very sad. :'(
I want this game, and will get it for PS3, but I care about my xbox account a lot more than my PS3 account (...that sounds very fanboy-ish, and creepy and weird, oh well), but if I get it for PS3 and play it a lot (which I predict) then I won't want to switch to xbox if it ever comes out for is... sad.
I want this game, and will get it for PS3, but I care about my xbox account a lot more than my PS3 account (...that sounds very fanboy-ish, and creepy and weird, oh well), but if I get it for PS3 and play it a lot (which I predict) then I won't want to switch to xbox if it ever comes out for is... sad.
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