Pay to Win: How to save gaming with capitalism!

mxbx

It's surely becoming clear that there is only one way to save MMO gaming: growth and bourgeois values.  The plan forward is also manifest: cut fees for entry by employing F2P models, and remove innovation-stifling regulations which prevent individuals from using their hard-earned money as they see fit.  Allowing people to pay for win will increase competition while infusing MMOs with the magic of the market. 

Adamantine

But the upper 1% are not foolish enough to waste their time gaming instead of exploiting the 99%.

So yeah, back to square one and getting teenagers and average adults into playing your game.

SaintPhilip

Originally posted by mxbx
It's surely becoming clear that there is only one way to save MMO gaming: growth and bourgeois values.  The plan forward is also manifest: cut fees for entry by employing F2P models, and remove innovation-stifling regulations which prevent individuals from using their hard-earned money as they see fit.  Allowing people to pay for win will increase competition while infusing MMOs with the magic of the market. 

..Very clever post.

I wasnt aware anyone knew what "bourgeois values" even meant anymore. I was listening to Das Capital on audioboook the other night (...yes...really.) and was amazed at the plethora of Political and Social terms which were used to actually have deep conversation and debate back in the mid 1800s- Fast forword to today and its all left/right and bumper sticker slogans with such little substance- But lots of "image" and great "marketing..." Kind of like...Gaming =P

Anyhow. Nice.

itgrowls

there is one game that doesn't use these tactics and delivers on content performance and a severe lack of control over whether you do spend and just what you spend your money on. Three guesses which one. But I do agree, there are pleanty of those that do use this model. two of which i stopped playing forever due to their interest in nothing but content sales and lockboxes. (LOTRO and STO)