Freemium games and economies of scale
MODs are a designed relief valve. Taking for granted that it's going to be costly for players, what's the true benefit to EA other than cash? In "protest" you get stagnate players and even high...
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"medetec;541975" wrote:
I disagree that freemium games can't be real, viable games. While the mobile market is a bad place right now, if you wander out of that confine... Look at Hearthstone, League of Legends and Path of Exile. These games are both 100% free to play, and 100% games. Just because you are on mobile doesn't mean you are limited to the current mobile practices. You can be better.
I agree, perhaps a poor choice of words on my part.
My point being that a freemium title is constrained by the model, and expectations shouldn't be unrealistically expecting it to operate in the same ways.
Free can be great, prepaid can be great, but freemium has to, but doesn't quite, straddle the divide in most implementations.
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