So you’re required to spend money on in game purchases to play?
I play a “freemium” game and haven’t spent a penny on it.
I’m not arguing in favor of the exploitative tactics those companies use to dupe people out of money, but you can still play most of them without paying.
It’s absolutely within the realm of possibility that a chunk of the people that would buy a lifetime license are people who haven’t spent any money on it so far.
And this is still a very rare move for a game company, and it’s a trend that needs to start. Don’t let perfect stand in the way of good.
It’s not free to play because they are being generous. It’s because it enables the most exposure to the most predatory model.
Would they have made the same amount of money with a paid game? Probably not, most free to play games know they arent interesting enough to sell like that.
Selling the game after the fact is just gross, not them being nice. The trend that needs to start is any online games just being playable offline from the start, or for free in the end.
Or we wait for legislation to hopefully force this, without any extra purchases needed.
You didn’t really answer the question.
Silly question. They haven’t made a game for free.
So you’re required to spend money on in game purchases to play?
I play a “freemium” game and haven’t spent a penny on it.
I’m not arguing in favor of the exploitative tactics those companies use to dupe people out of money, but you can still play most of them without paying.
It’s absolutely within the realm of possibility that a chunk of the people that would buy a lifetime license are people who haven’t spent any money on it so far.
And this is still a very rare move for a game company, and it’s a trend that needs to start. Don’t let perfect stand in the way of good.
It’s not free to play because they are being generous. It’s because it enables the most exposure to the most predatory model.
Would they have made the same amount of money with a paid game? Probably not, most free to play games know they arent interesting enough to sell like that.
Selling the game after the fact is just gross, not them being nice. The trend that needs to start is any online games just being playable offline from the start, or for free in the end.
Or we wait for legislation to hopefully force this, without any extra purchases needed.
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