thranx said:
Slimebeast said:
Commercials can be used in F2P games to some extent but it will be the exception rather than the norm and overall it will not be a big revenue bringer. Or else we would have seen it already.
The reason is that people hate commercials. There's only so much revenue you can take in through commercials.
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Hulu seems to make it work. as well as broad cast television. I hate commercials too but i still see plenty of them. I would rather see commercials than pay 60 bucks for a game. It may not be the answer, but the current F2P model isnt the only one.
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Okay, let's say there are alternative revenue routes to the F2P model. But which sort of F2P are we talking about? We aren't talking about a theoretical altruistic future possible model that benefits gamers. Instead we should ask, why would publishers go away from a successful model?
F2P today works in only one way (the one I described) and is hugely successful for publishers. Chinese and Korean publishers make crazy revenue through F2P MMOs. Zynga and the other Facebook game makers too make crazy money.
