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Free-to-Play Everquest Highlights the Slow Death of Subscription MMOs – 1UP.com
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Free-to-Play Everquest Highlights the Slow Death of Subscription MMOs1UP.comIt's hard to imagine World of Warcraft finding success without SOE's game preceding it. The game's transition marks the end of an era — it's the death knell for MMOs as we've known them. Everquest's relatively small player base means the shift to …Veteran MMO 'EverQuest' adds [...]
Star Trek Online switches to free-to-play model – Digitaltrends.com
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Star Trek Online switches to free-to-play modelDigitaltrends.comWhile the popular World of Warcraft continues to bleed paying customers, more MMORPG titles are moving to the free-to-play model in order to attract more users and generate revenue through micro-transactions. Originally debuting during March 2010, …Star Trek Online goes free to playExaminer.comStar Trek Online Going Free-To-PlayWebProNewsStar Trek Online [...]
Star Trek Online Going Free-To-Play – WebProNews
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Star Trek Online Going Free-To-PlayWebProNewsAfter a bumpy start like all MMOs that aren't World of Warcraft or The Old Republic, sitting in the captain's chair is now free of charge. Perfect World Entertainment and the original developer Cryptic Studios announced today that the Star Trek Online …Star Trek Online goes free to playExaminer.comStar Trek Online [...]
Market Data Shows Americans Prefer Free-To-Play MMOS Over Pay-To-Play MMOs – Cinema Blend
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Market Data Shows Americans Prefer Free-To-Play MMOS Over Pay-To-Play MMOsCinema BlendWhile the MMO crowd has mostly been bombarded with medieval fantasy MMOs all trying to cash in on Blizzard's World of Warcraft success, the reality is that many American gamers actually prefer free-to-play science-fiction MMOs over any other …Report: Sci-fi MMOs dominated by free-to-play [...]
Blizzard: WoW Won’t Be Going Free-To-Play – Escapist Magazine
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Blizzard: WoW Won't Be Going Free-To-PlayEscapist MagazineAccording to Blizzard president Mike Morhaime, World of Warcraft won't be quite as quick to jump on the bandwagon. "I think that there's an underlying, a fundamental, assumption right now that the less you charge, the more money you make … which …Blizzard: F2P not the best [...]
Blizzard investigating mobile and free-to-play – GamesIndustry.biz (registration)
Blizzard investigating mobile and free-to-playGamesIndustry.biz (registration)Blizzard chief operating officer Paul Sams has revealed that the World Of Warcraft developer has teams already working on mobile and tablet, and the company would consider making its titles free-to-play. "We do have a group within the organization …Blizzard Looking into Mobile Gaming and Free-To-Play Business ModelIBTimesall 3 news [...]
Golden Joysticks 2011: Free-to-play winner is… – Computerandvideogames.com
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Golden Joysticks 2011: Free-to-play winner is…Computerandvideogames.comInspired by the fan-favourite Defence of the Ancients map for Warcraft III, the online RTS has evolved into a real monster of PC gaming – and it'll cost you absolutely nothing to play. Runners up places in the F2P category went to World of Tanks and …Golden Joystick Award Results [...]
Mythic Founder Thinks Most Free-to-Play MMOs Are “Crap” – Escapist Magazine
Mythic Founder Thinks Most Free-to-Play MMOs Are "Crap"Escapist MagazineFrom Age of Empires Online to DC Universe Online to the mighty World of Warcraft, every MMO seems to be embracing a free-to-play model. At least one MMO veteran is unwilling to give up the idea of subscription fees, however. Mark Jacobs, former CEO of …
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MMO Update: Free-to-Play Versus the Monthly Fee – Piki Geek
MMO Update: Free-to-Play Versus the Monthly FeePiki GeekFor a long period after World of Warcraft's launched any MMO that didn't instantly succeed seemingly vanished from view. Prior to WoW, a subscriber base of around 100000 (or even less) was considered acceptable. After its launch, however, …and more »
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City of Heroes going free-to-play – Play.tm
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City of Heroes going free-to-playPlay.tmNCSoft has announced that they will be moving City of Heroes to a free-to-play model similar to World of Warcraft. City of Heroes will be free-to-play up until level 50 opening up the seminal superhero MMO to a whole new audience. …'City Of Heroes Freedom' Now LiveOlogySuperhero online game City of [...]
