Please go F2P....

[DMC14]

by free to play do you mean a free download? cause when i first read it i thought it reffered to a monthly subscription fee and i was thinking i dont pay one now. Xbox wouldn't care if its free they wouldn't lose money on sales but then they would probably make moneyt of dlc content. so i couldn't really see xbox or sony caring.

it makes no difference to me as i allready paid for it so it wouldnt effect me unless they got lazy on the production side.

[Hyaku Shiki]

I wonder if when it goes f2p, will it be as successful as DC Universe was?

[VicousBlood]

F2P has saved a lot of games from dying. Most successful has to probably be Aion. They were on the verge of closing as well. Now that they are F2P, they have race restrictions on some servers due to player overflow and Aion is pure RPG. At least defiance has a slightly upper hand by appealing to the TPS, FPS, Shooter & RPG crowds, although it is lacking content. But with constant income it's easier to get the ball rolling. This was Aion's state also at once, it does seem Defiance needs to follow that.

[Hyaku Shiki]

Time like this when I wish I had a legendary shield to deflect the venom I can just feel about to head my way, but this is just my 2 cents...

been here since beta
paid full price
paid for DLC
have purchased credits
I love the game

Do I wish things had gone better? yes
Do I like the way things seem to be headed? no
Do I love the F2P model? no

Bottom line is I love the game and I want it to survive, so just do it, just make the jump to F2P, give me some kind of consideration for having been here and for what I've paid in the form of bonus credits or whatever.

This is no longer about standing on principal or believing in unicorns (apparently the only real one is stuffed and in my arms when I sleep at night). I'm not mad, there's no point in anger - oh sure anger makes sense but it's unproductive.

So just do it, save the game, make it thrive, just reward those of us who were here and waited patiently or impatiently or whatever.

Flame away if you must but I'm just speaking from the heart. My confidence is crumbling and I just want the game to stick around, if that's worthy of flames, have at it.

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[JxSiN]

I really like your....phone

I really appreciated the symmetrical tile work in that room

[TwwiX]

The moment a game goes free to play the development team changes focus from making new content for the game to making features and items for the game that aim at getting money out of people because they have to pay for the servers and the employees to run the game. Not only that, the community in general becomes just... vile. Every game I have been a part of that converted to free to play after launch has gone to ****.

Exactly. The only reason why they continue making money is because they blatantly sell power to the user and still have the gall to deny it. They're money sink holes that the Asians perfected over a decade ago and now the Western market is adopting. No wonder that all those ****ty Korean and Chinese MMO's make money. Not only do these games breed toxic communities, they tend to attract cheaters too.

[divergent ghost]

Yeahhhh this game already is free to play sooo.....

[Wiggle Pooh]

Yeahhhh this game already is free to play sooo.....

You have to pay money for it; so, no it is not.

F2P means you can download and play the whole game for free. Most F2P have cash shops, there already is one here so that isn't much different.

[Orbital]

Hard to make it free when it's on consoles or did the pc gaming master race forget about us dirty console peasants?

You're still a thorn in our sides, how can we forget.

[Arsenic_Touch]

ITT: People still cannot grasp the concept or difference between F2P and B2P.

You really don't want them to go F2P. At this stage, it would mean they really screwed up, not to mention the fluff would get even worse and they would eventually put in some sort of pay to win.