I’m going to rant for a few minutes. I watched the video announcing that TERA is going free to play, and I heard Brian Knox (on behalf of En Masse Entertainment) make a statement that completely contradicts their situation and the reality of this industry. Brian says that the reason TERA is going F2P is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘F2P’
2012 in Review
December 28th, 2012
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Another year has come and gone. As I reflect on a year of blogging, gaming, and industry events, I’m full of mixed emotions. Let’s take a walk down memory lane. Keen and Graev’s Gaming Blog in 2012 We had more traffic this year than ever before! We started blogging in February 2007 meaning we’re almost [...]
What justifies a subscription?
December 12th, 2012
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Buy to play is becoming more popular in the MMO space. The Secret World adapted their business model today to be more in-line with something like Guild Wars, requiring expansion content to be purchased. They’ve also kept their cash shop, and even allowed people to opt-into a sub to receive cash shop benefits — but [...]
Planetside 2: What a MMOFPS Should Be
November 28th, 2012
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I’m finally getting around to giving you guys my thoughts on Planetside 2. Aside from being extremely busy the past two weeks, I had an issue with Planetside. Every single time I would play my computer would completely lock up after about 10-20 minutes. I finally identified the problem: STEAM. Uninstalling from STEAM and reinstalling [...]
