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While I do agree that the freemium model will be very popular in the upcoming years, games with very competitive multiplayer, where balance and equal competitio
by krashidov 15y ago
While I do agree that the freemium model will be very popular in the upcoming years, games with very competitive multiplayer, where balance and equal competition are a necessity will still have the traditional model we see today.
Unless of course they make those games free with a monthly subscription to play online.
- chc 15y agoWouldn't you say TF2 was that kind of game?
- ent 15y agoEven thought it is free now, it's been sold the traditional way for a long time so I don't think it quite counts as a freemium game. Valve's already reaped most of the sales profits it's going to get from TF2.
- officemonkey 15y agoExcept for the TF2 in-game store. Valve does a pretty brisk business in hats, weapons and gadgets, so much business that they're able to offer new content regularly for a four-year old game.
- iam 15y agoTF2 is not anywhere as competitive as StarCraft 2. There's no ladder, no ranking, no matchmaking..
- PakG1 15y agoThat's how Blizzard's doing Starcraft 2 in China.
- forrestthewoods 15y agoNot true. League of Legends is competitive, popular, and free to play. The developer, Riot Games, recently sold for $400 million. They just hosted their first major tournament which had over 200,000 concurrent users streaming the final match.