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Turn on ads, go eat lunch, walk your dog, go to the gym, take a shower, watch a movie, bang your g/f, come back and play for days!
Ok, now THIS is a free to play business model I can get behind. This is a great idea. I can totally see this being the future of the industry right here. If games were able to be sustained on advertisements alone, that would be great. Now, as long as I can choose to watch all of the advertisements at once, and play the entire game without interruption that is....
But imagine being able to download new releases for free, and all you have to do is watch advertisements. I can see this being a great thing for the industry. Like broadcast TV, you get the stations for free, all you have to do is watch the Ads. Now, if they force you to break immersion to watch Ads, that could be a problem, but if they let you watch them all at once, that would be great.
I would sit through an hours worth of Ads if it meant I can play something like Sleeping Dogs for 10 hours without interruption.
But imagine being able to download new releases for free, and all you have to do is watch advertisements. I can see this being a great thing for the industry. Like broadcast TV, you get the stations for free, all you have to do is watch the Ads. Now, if they force you to break immersion to watch Ads, that could be a problem, but if they let you watch them all at once, that would be great.
I would sit through an hours worth of Ads if it meant I can play something like Sleeping Dogs for 10 hours without interruption.
I read that the max amount of uninterrupted playtime will be 60 minutes. I assume you would have to watch ads every hour to "top up."
I'll give Squenix points for trying a logical way to get their games into the hands of those who can't afford them.
Much better than DRM. Still not right, but IMO it's a good idea.
Much better than DRM. Still not right, but IMO it's a good idea.
That is...actually a really good idea. Props to Square Enix on that one. Blood Money is a good choice for a launch game, helps the visibility of the new Hitman game. Hopefully the practice is as good as the concept.
Well, I signed up to see how the ads work out. It looks like you have to actually click on each ad you want to view (each with their own amount of "game play minutes") and one I had to actually click on a link at the bottom to get those points. However, I know it's still in beta, but after earning 50 some odd minutes of game time, it changed my minutes back to 10 after I closed my browser and not playing anything. So it seems to be a one time deal, not a collective deal?
So I just press play adverts and come back after work and play for free?
Likely this has been thought of, like if adverts are forcibly 10 minutes apart, so you watch an advert, get to play the game for ten minutes and then watch another advert when the time runs out, rinse and repeat.
I'd only be okay with this if they definitely aren't going to eventually put this into fully bought games
Likely this has been thought of, like if adverts are forcibly 10 minutes apart, so you watch an advert, get to play the game for ten minutes and then watch another advert when the time runs out, rinse and repeat.
I'd only be okay with this if they definitely aren't going to eventually put this into fully bought games
LOL fuck Safari.
But yea, this is strange. I'd honestly rather just buy these games instead of having to pay for time like a Facebook game or sit through multiple ads for minutes of game time, but to each his own I guess.
But yea, this is strange. I'd honestly rather just buy these games instead of having to pay for time like a Facebook game or sit through multiple ads for minutes of game time, but to each his own I guess.
There's really nothing to be upset about, yet. Its applying the Hulu business model to video games.
Now if games you actually have to pay for start putting in ads every 10-60 minutes that would be kind of upsetting, just as upsetting as games that use micro-transactions even though you paid for the initial game. EA and Warner Bros., I'm looking at you.
Now if games you actually have to pay for start putting in ads every 10-60 minutes that would be kind of upsetting, just as upsetting as games that use micro-transactions even though you paid for the initial game. EA and Warner Bros., I'm looking at you.
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