Free vs Freemium vs Upfront games (Gaming)

by ChrisTheeCrappy, Monday, March 05, 2018, 11:03 (2460 days ago) @ ManKitten

If "concurrent users" or "hours played" keeps being the BIG selling point to publishers/developers, then Free is going to be the way of the future no matter what. It gets millions to try, and they can then buy in if they enjoy it enough. It's like a free demo, without limitations. It fits players "wants" and "needs', and allows the developer to still get tons of money, especially from streamers who have admitted to paying upwards of $1000 since they make money on it and enjoy it.

I myself bought this season pass and some extra money, cause I wanted some of the cool stuff (and they SHOW you before hand what you would get for this, hint hint Bungie). Note in that game you still have to buy some items, you don't get everything as part of the season pass, so the yearly is way more than the $90 you suggested, I think right now all items that can only be bought are more than $300.


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