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Originally Posted by WhichP
I think play for free games are good in general but it really depends on how the publisher/developer ends up making money from it. If they make their cash from cosmetic items then it's fine, but as soon as you start having to purchase 'content' that is integral to the experience of the game then I would immediatley drop it.
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Team Fortress 2 is a good example of this.
It was originally released in 2004 or so and is still very popular so they kept updating it. A few years ago they decided to add an in-game store which allowed players to purchase items like weapons, hats, misc stuff and it brought them a new influx of money well after the 'expiration' of the game bought off store shelves.
They turned it into a free to play game and just made the money off the in-game store which should be pretty lucrative as some of the ' unusual hats ' that the characters can wear in game sell on forums for up to
THOUSANDS in real money.
