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In a new interview at GamesIndustry International, Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley has quite a bit to say about the success of the recently launched PlanetSide 2. He calls it the best microtransaction game in SOE's stable of MMOs. In addition, he says that Facebook games are not the kind of games that he wants to make.
"We discovered that we really weren't interested in doing that as a company, and as a result, the games just didn't come out to the quality level that we were happy with," Smedley explained. "So we decided that we didn't want to be in that space. I gotta tell you, I'm not a fan of the Facebook game. To me, they're monetization vehicles and not the kind of games I want to play or make. That's just me personally. So we'll stick to what we do best."
Read more at GamesIndustry.biz.
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I never liked f2p in the past, thought it was a scam and would rather pay a sub.
But both planetside 2 and gw2 show how to do it right. (well except for the gw2 Halloween stuff)
age median in f2p Client Games for windows has increased by 4 years in the Last zwo years... which is huge
Exactly! When you put together a good F2P model, of course it will be successful. Planetside2 has done a great job putting together a cash store that makes sense. It is not pay-to-win but it isn't useless either. I finally dropped some cash last night to show my support.
SOE is stepping up their game.
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Let me tell you guys something scary
wait until playerstudio gets put into the game.
i wish Tribes:Ascend was massive like PS2, man, that would have been really good.
Probally one of the only f2p games i enjoy playing.. SOE have done an awesome job.
Tho im actually paying a sub at the moment so its not free LOL but i think its worth the sub.
Funcom does it right too now with The Secret World.
Was quite the suprise yesterday.
For a person who has loathed F2P and micro transactions, and has nerver spent a dollar on those types a games, I've spent about 20-25 bucks (not including alpha squad...)
The worst (best) part is that I want to spend more.
edit- I have to say that this model would not work for me in a mmorpg though.