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First there were free-to-play games, but are "view-to-play" games next?

That's the goal of a new Finnish studio called Futureplay Games, which is staffed by former Electronic Arts, Remedy, and Rovio veterans. The team defines "view-to-play" as: "entertainment with a natural integration of broadly accessible gameplay and ad-based monetization." That definition may not be very catchy, but Futureplay says "view-to-play" could represent the next era of mobile gaming.

Futureplay founder Jami Laes, the former executive vice president at Angry Birds developer Rovio, said "view-to-play" has the potential to revolutionize the mobile market. “It's faster, cheaper, and more fun to watch an ad than pay for an in-app purchase," Laes said in a statement.

message on Futureplay's website expands on the concept in broad strokes.

"We believe in F2P and ads--both done right can be great, you will see," the company said. "We want to develop fast and have fun launching multiple games per year and not work multiple years per game."

 

The developer has not yet announced any games, or further information about how the ads will work. However, he said people can expect these details and more in the coming months.

Futureplay's other founders include former Remedy Entertainment executive producer Kai Auvinen, as well as other ex-Rovio employees Mika Rahko and Arttu Maki. The fifth Futureplay founder is Tuomas Huhtanen, who worked at Finnish software consultancy Reaktor for a decade.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/soon-there-will-be-view-to-play-games/1100-6427540/




       

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I don't know if it's the same, but Angry Birds GO already have this.
My daughter plays them, and every 5 races you have to watch an ad to gain 5 more tickets.

Simple and easy, no money needed, only 30 seconds of ad time. If all games went this way, I'd support it 100%.



it makes sense but it is also not how i want to play games.



Man, I can only imagine the legal issues that may pop up when it comes to uploading these type of games to YouTube.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

No thanks.



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F2P. P2W. V2P. I have absolutely no interest in any of it, quite frankly.



maybe also product placement in the world you explore

still don't know why we don't see this
this is how movies work since a Long time



It's not that bad at that point but it can easily turn into a monster of a problem later on. Personally, I despise ads most of the time and I do everything that I can to avoid them. In that situation, I won't play those games.



neogaffer said:
maybe also product placement in the world you explore


No please. It was bad enough watching Verizon everywhere in Alan Wake.



What about pay for full game and own it? Anyone?