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EA Will Charge For Fuel (as a stamina bar) In Need For Speed: No Limits (Mobile)
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Hurray for people losing their jobs because you don't agree with a monetization model!
TheSlySoul
Member
I find the most enjoyable ones are those without much barriers.
IAPs can be fine if you scale them to be fair. I find Hay Day does it well.
Personally I am really excited to play Puzzles and Dragons without a time limit.
Yup. If they're talented they can go make games that aren't exploitative and creatively bankrupt.
BolognaSoup
Member
It's not our job to keep people employed. It's the employers job to create compelling products that people want to pay for.
TheSlySoul
Member
The trend doesn't tend to sell though. Angry Birds Go! is the least profitable game Rovio has made.
Hero of Legend
Member
Too bad we can't use the shit they're pulling as fuel AM I RIGHT GUYS? 
Which is what they're doing. The model is successful if it's being employed so many times by so many people. The problem is people are forcing their opinion on others. Not everything is for everyone.
Also, you can argue that this model is a result of consume reaction to traditional pay methods.
dark_chris
Gold Member
And this is why EA keeps winning the Worst Company award.
Or you, could, you know, be an adult not not play it. I don't enjoy tennis but you don't see me railing on the sport as if my opinion was the only one that mattered.
Polioliolio
Member
This is the only valid point.. Still makes it despicable and worth shaming.
I'm not suggesting we put The Last of Us on mobile. You're already drinking the koolaid if you can't imagine a micro experience that isn't made to spontaneously rape your wallet.
Chezzymann
Member
I wonder when mobile gamers will finally get tired of this shit.
Permanently A
Junior Member
At this point I don't even blame them. This is the future the consumers chose.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
F2P actually works when you lock desirable items behind a paywall.
F2P does not work when you can't play the game at all because of a paywall.
A better way to do NFS mobile would be to give you 3-5 boring cars to start, and charge you $1 for every additional car you download. Anyone who actually gives a shit about your game would end up paying a few bucks into the pool. You end up with 10s and 100s of millions in revenue this way. Instead of a system like this, where you have to pay constantly just to keep the lights on. So no one downloads it after the first week because word gets out that your game is bullshit.
If you make a shit product that no one wants, why should you have a job?
Pretty much. They tried selling mobile games by making the entire price upfront but people didn't like it. On the other hand, the people who are more involved in mobile gaming react more favorably with with this model. Now you have a few people who don't play this games act like this is an affront to the art of gaming. Priceless.
Did you climb on top of the highest wrong tree, fall, and hit every branch on the way down? People do want this. Maybe you or I don't, but people do. Gamers really need to learn that their point of view is not shared by consensus.
Give War A Chance
Member
Honestly, isn't this expected on the mobile platform now?
The Elite
BOSS
I don't think the segment that those will ever get tired of it.
It's a strange phenomenon.
With the few mobile games I play, I just wait. The wait isn't that long and mobile games are best played in bite sized portions anyways.
I don't blame EA at all for wanting to capitalize. If someone was willing to hand me money for virtual fuel, I would offer them that option.
Extra Sauce
Member
Need For Fuel: No Speed
Xamtheking
Member
This is a quality post right here
Gamers on GAF ≠ Gamers who play mobile only games.
Just because you dislike it doesn't mean people who enjoy these types of games will.
blurredvision
Member
EA's not the first to do it, they're just following the crowd.
On a side note, when I read the thread title, it immediately made me think of arcades, where an extra quarter would get you another life or some boosts. Mobile gaming is turning into arcades of past, where games will be impossible unless you pump more money into it.
Surprised to see so many many people shocked about this. Energy meters are a very common element in these kinds of F2P mobile games- and for the way most people play them (a few minutes a day) they actually don not pose much of an obstacle.
Seems to be the same case as with Dungeon Keeper- people react shocked because EA uses a business model that everyone uses on a beloved core franchise.
Seems to be the same case as with Dungeon Keeper- people react shocked because EA uses a business model that everyone uses on a beloved core franchise.
This is like saying when will people stop eating fast food.
The next big thing is VR so it's not like things will get any better from a general perspective. I'll just support the devs and indies that output actual, quality games and accept reality.
Haha, that's an interesting point. I would how modern gamers would react to having to pay for each quarter/half in Blitz or NBA Jam.
Any Questions
Member
will pass on this methinks
TheSlySoul
Member
I like that idea. Give you 3-5 cars with 1 cup. Then you can unlock the rest for $10.
Honestly I like PSN games because of that.
It mostly works because the people can try out the game for free then get addicted to it. When you are addicted, you can justify spending 1 dollar each time. Then you see your bill and you got $200 spent on one game. Best method is to never try out the games that do this type of stuff.
Chezzymann
Member
I guess it works because, like a previous poster said, the majority of mobile gamers just play a game for a few minutes a day, say when they're waiting between classes at school. So it doesn't really limit them. The perfect example is Clash of Clans, despite it making you wait ludicrous amounts of time to upgrade your base (sometimes even weeks) and them dangling gems infront of you saying 'hey, instantly upgrade your base for only five bucks with these gems!", people are okay with it because they rarely play the game longer than five minutes and usually just check up on the status of their upgrades and play a few missions or two occasionally while waiting.
Moon_frogger
Member
Lol I can see the problem here, it's brazen. Usually the energy mechanics are kind of abstract, gems, energy that sort of stuff. Here they're like 'pay for virtual gas in our racing game!' It's hilariously evil. Imagine if street fighter charged you for every ha do ken or If call of duty charged for bullets.
TheSlySoul
Member
Pretty much.
Whales encourage crappy game practices and scalpers.
I consider it modern day arcades. Like with DDR, you could only play 3 songs with a dollar. With this game, you can only race 3 tracks before a timer kicks in place.
Gunslinger
Member
everything wrong with modern gaming right here. Sadly popularity of f2p market (more like free to scam) is dictating where this industry is heading and it makes me sad. Gone are the days of NES, PS1,PS2 eras when you know devs actually released finished products and good games.
They've already done this. It's called Call of Duty Online.
Missing out on the greatness of hitman go.
SomedayTheFire
Member
There are so so so many games that use this form of IAPs, why is this suddenly a problem? Just because it's EA?
FriedConsole
Banned
Every free to play game needs a confusing array of currencies. They must have done phycology studies that prove it is effective for getting money out of people.
Pretty much the reason MSPs were not 1:1 with currency
This was so incredibly on point. Mobile f2p games are all about giving you the impression that the "real fun" lies just around the corner.