Games that jumped on the free-to-play wagon
These games went free-to-play, earning great success in some cases
Games that jumped on the free-to-play wagon
These games went free-to-play, earning great success in some cases
I played all of those except for DC Universe Online.
I'd say the problem with games going F2P is that the game becomes free as well to own. It isn't like GW2 where you need to buy the game first.
Because of this, games like Tera, SWTOR, ArcheAge etc become filled with gold spammers and other bots which ruin the experience.
I've been a subscriber of Final Fantasy 14 for over a year now and there is still a HUGE problem with gold spammers, so it's not really exclusive to F2P MMO's.
Out of the whole list in the article though DC Universe Online has to be my favourite. I have four characters (All max level) and I still love playing the game. Raiding is hard due to everyone thinking they're DPS but you do get the odd party that makes T3 Raids and on a helluva lot of fun.
I'm still an advocate for P2P though. If the MMO is big enough and really enjoyable then I think P2P is the best option.
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence
Oh yeah, definitely, I suppose it just depends on pop numbers as opposed to sub methods.
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence