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Even Blizz is going F2P
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Not a MMO but still. It is a sign that Titan will also be F2P.
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What is so bad about it? I play lots of F2P MMO and have fun.
My kids go to private schools. I would much rather spend money on worthwhile stuff. Plus, even if i can afford it, why would i not play something for free because it is there and fun?
I dont see any scenario where Titan would be F2P at Launch , why would they .. and this is Blizz we are taliking about , they have 10 mill paying subs right now.... Now , Why would you not give that business model a chance to succeed with your Next product as it did with Wow...
Or just ahh hell with it lets go F2P .............. i could see how that meeting would go ...
And i thinkl you are taking to much out of the simple TCG with cash shop .. to relate it to Titan
How can you say that when you don't even know what Titan is?
Why would they? Because P2P is out of fashion, and there is only one last strong P2P game left and Blizz wants to leave that ship before it sinks?
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lmao its only out of fashion for the dozens of games that started with subs and failed to draw enough revenue and there option was F2P or close...
Blizz doesnt suffer from this problem and has no intention of giving you there game without a sub ....
Of course. I never hide that. I don't play sub games any more. B2P .. may be if the game is good.
It's kind of funny, this card game is going to end up costing them a lot more money than paying a sub :P.
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I do agree with you, the two games in questions are not anything like each other nor can one say that ones action can justify the other.
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As mentioned above F2P is a bad thing... for developers... if they have a title worthy of a sub, that was the point. Is F2P great for the players? absolutely, who doesn't like dree stuff, but it takes both to make an MMO work as future design and maintanence cost money.
Players like you make F2P a bad idea for companies. Love to play a free game but won't pay for it because there are X more of them out there.
The threads about people wanting f2p are endless. It is so aggrivating. Get over it already p2p is not going anywhere. Bad games or seasoned games that have been around for a while are going f2p which makes sense, but there is no reason a good game with quality content should be anything but p2p.
There is at least 5 new threads a day on this site with people pleading for more f2p crap games.
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
People don't understand that if they want a great game they have to pay the price.
Blizzard's Titan will most likely be on par with wow. why would they go F2P? it takes twice or three times more player to make the same kind of revenue on a F2P game.
I would guess that it will go with a cash shop model, but I don't understand how people expect to play it completely free. Players will have to spend money on new "card packs" to be competitive.
Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
The payment model has very little to do in how great a game is. We can all think of fantastic p2p games, just as we can all think of very poor ones. Similarly, we can all point to great f2p games just as we can point to poor ones. It's all in how the devs design the game.
But anyways, back on topic, I hope that Titan will be in the f2p category. But then again, I'd have to see what Blizz does with it first though. They could very well be in the bad f2p category....
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This. It's saddening to see people push for F2P. I'm all for the P2P "what you pay for is what you get" model. Reminds me of the IGN writeup about good honest gamers paying the bills so the less fortunate can experience the same entertainment.
It kind of saddens me that games are taking this F2P trend now. I really, really don't like the model.
I will never support freeloaders, no more subsidized gaming.
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I certainly do not believe that and find it to be beyond a stretch and rather odd. This is merely another case of the OP doin' his thang.
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Free to play is not about the companies caring about their players. Free to play is about maximising profits.
Making the game so that players are highly incentivised to spend money (either to relax restrictions or remove grind) is not, for me, a step in the right direction, especially when most of the playerbase tend not to notice that to remain competitve, or remove enough restrictions to have fun, you will be paying as much or more than a standard subscription.
Titan will more than likely be a P2P title because WoW has done so well and companies tend to stick with what they know. Hearthstone will be a test for F2P transactions but I don't think it will translate to Titan becoming F2P.
Why even bother debating this? You're not going to change the oppositions oppinion. Any argument you come up with is not going to make sense to the others.