Sony Sells SOE (Sony Entertainment Online) to Columbus Nova! Going multiplatform (Xbox)

[Teeqoz]

LudicrousSpeed said:

Teeqoz said:

Yes indeed. I bet Sony could've made tons of revenue from subscriptions from SOE's free to play games. /s

FTP games have subscription options. For example, DCUO is FTP, but also has subscriptions. And revenue can also come from microtransactions. And ads.

EverQuest also has a FTP option, AND subscription. Idk about microtransactions, but last I played, it did have ads. So you see, loads of revenue avenues even for FTP games!

I do hope this helped.

I am completely aware that there are revenue streams from F2P games... However I assume that's not the largest revenue stream from SOE's games, mainly because EQ hasn't been big for ages. Subscription revenue =/= Ad/microtransaction revenue