[Derrick01]

economy?

More like people not buying their shit games anymore.

[Eusis]

I also think the F2P market may be reflective more of everyone's income than how viable it really is for the long term. If wages people earned shot back up we'd probably see many people preferring to go ahead and buy those $60 games a bit more casually. Something like iPads doing really damn well could be more a case of people convincing themselves it's important enough, and it's harder to say that about a game that could drop to less than half price in just a month or two.

I do think that for whatever reason F2P's desirable though that, similar to WoW and MMOs, only so many are going to successfully fit in.

[GatorBait]

economy?

All from the EA stock thread.

[soulassssns]

More like people not buying their shit games anymore.

funny, I am playing EE3 and BF3 currently and so are many others I know.

[Derrick01]

funny, I am playing EE3 and BF3 currently and so are many others I know.

Ok so some are still buying their shit games. Not enough obviously, and I am thankful for it.

[Poimandres]

If there are more F2P games with the quality of Tribes, I'll be fine with this.

[LAMBO]

TRIBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn i miss the old tribes, time to dust off one of the three boxed copies they sent me for beta testing the game and play some snowblind.

[NEOPARADIGM]

I can see it now. EA INTRODUCES MADDEN 16 ULTIMATE EDITION - Completely free!* *Each team costs $1.99. Unlock all 32 teams for $39.99. Online play starts at $4.99 a month. Additional playbooks cost $3.99 each. Collect all 12. Unlock additional game modes for $7.99. Stadiums are only $.99 each throughout 2015. Alternative jerseys also $.99 each throughout 2015. Franchise mode available for $19.99 per team. Boost your players stats for $1.49 per player. Unlock this all for only $439.99. Limited time offer. Only valid for one console. No refunds.

I suspect you're onto something here.

[shintoki]

the ea way

I played the title in Beta and liked what I played. But its very clear how EA saw F2P. Pay for self healing bandages, Guns can only be purchased Temporarily, etc.

Lord of the Rings, Age of Conan, and others are also shit. You know, most of those formerly pay2play titles once they turn F2P seem to be shit. The games aren't designed around F2P, so you feel that wall hit you very quick and hard. I went back to LOTRO and it turns out I lost something like half my bag space and I had to repurchase it. Looking at it now. I see 2 30$ expansions I would have to buy also....

[GraveRobberX]

I played the title in Beta and liked what I played. But its very clear how EA saw F2P. Pay for self healing bandages, Guns can only be purchased Temporarily, etc.

Wasn't it this game, that people who bought a weapon/item that gave an unfair advantage was removed or nerfed (some shit like that), but no one was gonna get compensated for said weapon/item, like sorry, you put money into this, you can't have it and no reimbursement to boot

I read it here on GAF

[smurfx]

so what happens when a f2p game fails? half off sale?

[Metalmurphy]

so what happens when a f2p game fails? half off sale?

They shut down the servers.