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GW2 is not free to play
zomard100
Member Posts: 228
in Guild Wars 2
Why you people continue with this deception how gw2 is f2p game? It is not free you must buy this game to be able to play, you don't have even free trial. Planetside 2 , SWTOR, DC Online are totaly free to play games. According to you all sp games like Crysis or COD are f2p to
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HEY! What do you mean, "You people."
It's B2P and what people mean by free to play (wrongly) is that there is no subscription fee.
If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
Learning the context of its usage is important.
Well that is a good answer--It is B2P
Yes, but you can start to play any of f2p games. GW2 you must buy and still you have some kind of cash shop inside. It is B2P
Really? Watch this:
GW2 is NOT free to play "in that" you have to buy it to play it.
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I'm not sure if I've seen the mistake of people calling GW2 f2p nearly as much as I've correctly seen it called a b2p game (which it is) as such I'm concerned if this really needed an entire thread about it.
These types of nitpicks are equivalent to ranting at your mom because she accidentally called you by your brothers name.
It's not true F2P you can't play the game unless you buy the game, how is that F2P? PS2 is a true F2P game, i can download and play the game without needing the cashshop, that's true F2P.You buy the game you said yourself. So it is buy to play.
If you look that way everything is without any reason. Nobody forced you to give answer on such ''useless thread''. I made this thread because it is insulting for me as mmo player when someone want to make a blind puppet from me.
I consider those to be 'Freemium' because you can only play a portion of the game for free. Only games where you can play all the content unrestricted for no fee should earn the title 'Free to Play'. Games like Aion.
GW2 is not F2P just because it doesn't have a subscription. Lots of online games that are not MMOs don't have subscriptions. You can't play the game for free, it costs $60, therefore it isnt 'F2P. It is B2P like most games are outside the MMO genre.
Not sure why this is so hard for people to understand.
GW2 is not F2P because it doesnt have a subscription.. WTF.. isnt that the actual definition of a F2P game. Seems like people dont seem to understand what a F2P game is, which is a subscription free game with a cash shop/microtransactions.
B2P = is not F2P if it doesnt have a cash shop/microtransactions for the game
which basically means that GW2 is F2P game with a box price. how simple does it need to be?
That is correct, it is B2P just like Crysis and COD.
There will however be a free trial eventually, GW1 have one. MMOs usually dont get those until a while after launch when the game is a bit updated and the game the devs want it to be.
Not sure about GW2 but usually MMOs take 6-12 months to get the free trial.
What a stupid thread.
GW2 has never EVER been labled as F2P It has always been labled B2P get your facts straight OP next time.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
No, the definition of 'Free to Play' is that you can play it without paying any money. Can you play GW2 without paying any money? No. Therefore it is not 'Free to Play'.
What does "B2P = is not F2P if it doesnt have a cash shop/microtransactions for the game" even mean? That isnt even a proper sentance. Do you mean that B2P games are F2P if they have microtransactions? Plenty of games have microtransactions that are not considered F2P.
Is Oblivion F2P? You can buy updates and content for that game. Whats that? Its not? Because you have to pay for the game you say? The same applies to GW2. B2P with a cash shop is... B2P with a cash shop. Not F2P. To be F2P, you have to be able to play it for free. Comprende?
F2P is a term used to describe an MMO that has a cash shop/microtransactions as its finance model, it really is just that simple, which is why i class GW2 as a F2P game with a box price. For GW2 to be classed as a B2P game it would not have to have a cash shop in it, with microtransactions. Whether you choose to use said cash shop/microtransactions or not, is totally irrelevant. It is what it is.
Are you people really discussing this? Really? Well I guess theres no major MMO release coming up so forums are kind of slow.
Oh well continue on your redunant discussion of F2P, B2P, P2P.
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Uh, no, you use the term incorrectly to describe games with a cash shop. By your logic, TSW is a F2P game. That makes no sense whatsoever.
The game is F2P with heavy cash shop focus.
The 60$ pricetag is basically for a very cheap lifetime sub (nothing new).
"B2P" is nothing but marketing twist for a regular lifetime sub for other MMOs.
e.g. I got a 199$ lifetime sub for TSW, but I´m not forced to the shop and there are no gambling boxes.
The price difference between 199$ and 60$ is compensated by a much higher focus on cash shop items and treasure chest keys, something which does not happen in TSW
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