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MMO Friday Fight Round 5: It's A Monetization Model Free For All | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited November 22 in News & Features Discussion

imageMMO Friday Fight Round 5: It's A Monetization Model Free For All | MMORPG.com

For this week's Friday Fight, we are changing the format slightly. Mitch pits the three major monetization models against each other in a no-holds-barred cage match.

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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,584
    Subs will always be the best IMHO. No Whales. Even playing field. No free loaders.

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  • TamanousTamanous Member RarePosts: 3,030

    Slapshot1188 said:

    Subs will always be the best IMHO. No Whales. Even playing field. No free loaders.






    Although other factors are at play, it also fosters a closer server community which is an almost entirely lost concept in some mmos.

    You stay sassy!

  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,599
    edited November 22

    Slapshot1188 said:

    Subs will always be the best IMHO. No Whales. Even playing field. No free loaders.






    The big problem is that lots of game and greedy companies do not follow these 3 monetizations but want to use all three to lesser or greater degrees and call it... GAAS and far too many gamers defend the stupid practices so...what to do.

    Now maybe this has changed but I do think that the road Pax Dei is going for isnt it?

    https://playpaxdei.com/en-us/news/information/where-we-stand-on-monetization
    Game purchase B2P ~ a one-off initial purchase of the game.

    Sub ~ a regular fee for maintaining active player status and in-game plot(s).

    f2p cash shop ~ fully optional additional services added down the line. we’re also considering a Token (WoW) or PLEX (Eve Online) -like system.

    Scot

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,271
    edited 8:33AM
    Yes Asmodeus, Mitch has given us a snap shot in the timeline of monetarization which was long gone before five years ago.

    Today MMOs are F2P or B2p games with an "optional" sub and cash shop. This is the most important point, that monetarization is constantly evolving and will continue to do so. We can see NFT's and crypto on the horizon, studios are milking players every which way they can.
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