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http://www.develop-online.net/news/39915/New-Blizzard-game-to-be-free-to-play
So, is Titan going to be free? That would be enough to plant Blizzard on top of the MMO heap for the forseeable future...... probably force SWTOR to follow suit.
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if they do like turbine and allow people to pay a monthly fee to avoid all the cash shop nonsense it would be fine for me.
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I doubt Blizzard only have one or two games in development
Didn't really see them mention anything about such direction, but they didn't deny ever going F2P.
And talking about "if we come up with a game that fits the model", i'm quite certain they've begun the production of "Titan" already, so in my eyes, it won't adopt F2P.
blizards dota is f2p, nothing is even known about titan yet.. people atleast should get facts straight instead of spouting even more rumous
I call it "selective reading" lol
That article could have been w riten better by a high school student. Not to mention it's all heresay. The OP took the bait hook line and sinker though.
Well it's pretty safe to say that Titan will be a facebook game, I don't see Blizzard releasing another full on PC MMO that would compete with WoW.
I really don't see FB users dishing out 50 bucks + 15/month to play a game either. That model just isn't adapted to the new "social" platform everyone's drewling over these days.
Eh...? Aren't you forgetting something else.
<-- Hint, hint.
Guild Wars 2's 50 minutes game play video:
http://n4g.com/news/592585/guild-wars-2-50-minutes-of-pure-gameplay
Everything We Know about GW2:
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/287180/page/1
I wonder if that's "Free-to-play" as in cash shop for content beyond a certain level or for items that you can't compete without or more like the Guild Wars 2 "Buy-to-play" model where you pay for the game and can play without a subscription and the cash shop is cosmetic only?
Be curious to see the actual model.
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Conspiracy theory - it will attempt to copy more modern mmos. I can see a mix of copied gw2 and tsw features.
(Treat this as superr crazy and not too serious XD)
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IMHO Blizzard and every other company will be watching Anet after it releases its game, and will adapt accordingly, If GW2 is as succesful as many of us hope, then we may see a swing in how developers deliver their future MMO products, and will have to justify how they can charge Subscriptions. From where I'm sitting and what I've seen so far, GW2 is looking very sweet and very polished with possibly the best bang for your buck you could ask for.
If a silly mount can sell for 25$ in a subscription based MMO, just imagine the wodnerful prices They could get away with in a F2P game. Yeah. No. Thanks. I'll pass.
It's amazing if you think about it actually. Blizzard have been running b2p for YEARS and not charged a cent for Diablo, Diablo 2, Starcraft and Starcraft 2 Battle.net. That stuff can't be cheap....or can it?
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Yes your right, Its amazing also that they are not MMO's either.
But they are supporting the networks through box sales though aren't they? Agreed they obviously aren't mmos and don't take the same storage but there must still be some cost to maintaining them. Millions of small actions sent back and forth from the server could be likened somewhat to an mmo in terms of activity.
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It's amazing if you think about it actually. Blizzard have been running b2p for YEARS and not charged a cent for Diablo, Diablo 2, Starcraft and Starcraft 2 Battle.net. That stuff can't be cheap....or can it?
Yes your right, Its amazing also that they are not MMO's either.
But they are supporting the networks through box sales though aren't they? Agreed they obviously aren't mmos and don't take the same storage but there must still be some cost to maintaining them. Millions of small actions sent back and forth from the server would be likened somewhat to an mmo in terms of activity.
RIP Orc Choppa
Just like they did with WoW.. oh wait!
I bet it's gonna be a one-time buy. Blizzard will no title claim F2P, I can assure you that.
Your missing the point, I was not discussing or mentioned CORPG's, RPG's, FPS, and Stratergy games. I'm refering to MMO's and what direction other companies will take if GW2 is succesful with their non subscription MMO.
Ahh yea. I see now. I think lol XD
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I think the only game where they host maps is SC2 - I can't really say about the others now. Don't know if they updated them to fit battle.net 2.0. We need to bribe some accountants or something to get numbers.
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Um no just shows that blizzard knows they are loseing subs and fans by the minute cause they keep ruining their own games!
diablo 3 fail
wow past vanilla fail
starcraft 2 fail
hmmmmmmmmmm.....Failing companies always go f2p!
Millions of blizzard fanboys commited suicide upon this news.
BABABABAHAHABAHABAHABAH I love it blizzard death is coming finally they deserve it for fucking up my favorite games the old blizzard team that made the good games is long gone anyway to better games.
Yeah all three of those games have failed...........
Article fails to mention that Sony "embraced" free to play because they failed to make a game worth paying for in DCUO.
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