EVE will never go f2p, because that woud effectively be the same thing as being dead, only with continued server costs. Too much in EVE relies on the interactions made possible by a single world, and that could never be replicated in a fully f2p model. If it ever reaches the point they are even considering other possibilities than their current model, shutting down would be more likely to get considered than going f2p.
For those claiming that EVE is being threatened by the newer projects, keep in mind two things. One, what they are saying now is almost certainly going to change when they actually hit the challenges of implementing their ideas. Two, they are different enough from EVE that the majority of their players won't be current EVE players, it will be a completely different audience, and even those that fall into both categories are likely to simply play both, not simply drop EVE.
Huge budget+IP does not a great game make. That being said I can't answer the poll because it is rigged based on a biased opinion. EVE has nothing to benefit from going f2p.
Everyone is confused because the saturated market is forcing some developers to choose a specific payment model. Most of the f2p mmorpgs are from last generation. Those which are newer MMOs are f2p because they just didn't have enough genuinely unique ideas or that special kind of polish. We're looking at lackluster execution and/or not enough players for all the options available.
This is not the new trend, this is just a lull between one generation to the next. Some are and will continue to thrive using the p2p model. Some are and will continue to thrive or exist using the f2p model.
This reminds me vaguely of those who were convinced the world was ending at the culmination of 2012.
"As you read these words, a release is seven days or less away or has just happened within the last seven days those are now the only two states youll find the world of Tyria."...Guild Wars 2
The vast majority of p2p games fail to take advantage of the potential benefits of a interconnected, wide open world that the p2p model provides. If more of them took full advantage of that aspect like EVE does, we wouldn't even be having this conversation because the game play would be far more likely to support the pay model.
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EVE will never go f2p, because that woud effectively be the same thing as being dead, only with continued server costs. Too much in EVE relies on the interactions made possible by a single world, and that could never be replicated in a fully f2p model. If it ever reaches the point they are even considering other possibilities than their current model, shutting down would be more likely to get considered than going f2p.
For those claiming that EVE is being threatened by the newer projects, keep in mind two things. One, what they are saying now is almost certainly going to change when they actually hit the challenges of implementing their ideas. Two, they are different enough from EVE that the majority of their players won't be current EVE players, it will be a completely different audience, and even those that fall into both categories are likely to simply play both, not simply drop EVE.
Huge budget+IP does not a great game make. That being said I can't answer the poll because it is rigged based on a biased opinion. EVE has nothing to benefit from going f2p.
Everyone is confused because the saturated market is forcing some developers to choose a specific payment model. Most of the f2p mmorpgs are from last generation. Those which are newer MMOs are f2p because they just didn't have enough genuinely unique ideas or that special kind of polish. We're looking at lackluster execution and/or not enough players for all the options available.
This is not the new trend, this is just a lull between one generation to the next. Some are and will continue to thrive using the p2p model. Some are and will continue to thrive or exist using the f2p model.
This reminds me vaguely of those who were convinced the world was ending at the culmination of 2012.
Keep your pants on.
The vast majority of P2P games will go F2P.
EVE is not one of them.
"As you read these words, a release is seven days or less away or has just happened within the last seven days those are now the only two states youll find the world of Tyria."...Guild Wars 2
The vast majority of p2p games fail to take advantage of the potential benefits of a interconnected, wide open world that the p2p model provides. If more of them took full advantage of that aspect like EVE does, we wouldn't even be having this conversation because the game play would be far more likely to support the pay model.
Yeah, this!Keep on rockin'!