Fable Legends to have 5-10 year lifespan

[Jaywood2010]

areason said:

JayWood2010 said:

Well considering Fable III sold over 5m it wouldnt be doubtful if it did.   

You do realize that if they do keep supporting the game with free content for 5-10 years then they are going to be putting a lot of money into the project. So they will need a lot of sales in order for such a model to work. And if the dlc/updates cost money they are potentially alienating a part of their player base.

 

Ofcourse it all depends on the budget of the game as well as it's scale, but constantly supporting a game with new features for 5-10 years is very expensive especially if the game brings no revenue other then the initial game sales. 

And you realize that Fable is popular and that Fable Legends is focused on multiplayer(Much like an MMO).  

Will it be successful?  I really don't know, but Fable has a better chance of making it successful than most franchises.

As for alienating the game, some MMO's are paid monthly.  DLC won't be too far off from that even if a fraction of the people buy it.