Does an MMO have to cost money to deliver fun?
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 6:17 pm
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The MMO industry is split between games where you pay and those that are free. Some are pay to play, with subscriptions and the cost of the game while others are free to play but you still have to buy a license key. Some are freemium where the game is free to buy and play but you enhance it with micro-transactions using cold, hard cash.
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Author: Lesley Smith
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Publish Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST
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The MMO industry is split between games where you pay and those that are free. Some are pay to play, with subscriptions and the cost of the game while others are free to play but you still have to buy a license key. Some are freemium where the game is free to buy and play but you enhance it with micro-transactions using cold, hard cash.
Over the last year, the internet has been positively flooded by hundreds of free-to-play MMOs from Evony to Register to unlock hidden link. While small fry compared to the likes of Register to unlock hidden link, Register to unlock hidden link and Register to unlock hidden link, they have their own playerbases, their own (albeit smaller) legions of fans who are as just as devoted to their MMO as any other fan is to their chosen title. But does a game that is free automatically make it worse than something you pay good money for?
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Author: Lesley Smith
Category: city-of-heroeseditorialeve-onlinefree-to-playfreemiumfreemium-mmoopinion-pieceperfect-worldperfect-world-internationalsubs-based-mmosubscriptionsubscriptionsworld-of-warcraft
Publish Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST
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