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How can so many not understand what free to play means???

Grimbergoth Grimbergoth
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I dont know if its because im ancient and I know where the term free to play comes from , or its just people cant seem to understand the actual words they are speaking ...


There are two types of online games , subscription based , and free to play . These are not terms referring to the cost of the program . You dont go buy the newest expansion of WoW and say im subscribing it , no your buying it . So why is it so hard for people to understand that if you are not paying a monthly fee to play a online game with a real support system that that is free to play . I mean look at the words themselves for crist sake , Free = no cost , to , play , not free to buy or purchase .


Try to understand things from a developers side , all the things you want cost money for them to do , balances , nerfs , rebalancing this or that , dedicated servers , new content . those things takes 100's and 1000's of labor hours a day , A DAY . Those hours cost money , thus games are in one of two classes , subscription or free to play .


Now think about this , would you rather have free content with dcl's or expansions still costing you to buy like every other game on the market , and pay a $15 subscription price per month , or would you rather deal with being able to sit back get some things for free but not all and deal with micro transactions . There is also the third option and that seems to be what a lot of people on this forum have been acting like and that is they want everything free and the company to go bankrupt in the next few months .


This will be my last post on this matter as I feel like im trying to lead 100's of dodo's away from extinction and we Hopefully all know how that turned out ...

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  • kone19 kone19

    Free to play no longer means subscription or no subscription. Subscription is now subscription based and free to play is no upfront charge to play the game. So:

    wow is subscription based and fortnight is free to play. Buying the game with no charge beyond the console cost for multiplayer is just normal

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