![]() ![]() The second restriction, meanwhile, sees free players prevented from using map-wide chat. As soon as anyone buys the expansion, however, they’ll instantly be granted the same amount of both as anyone else. “Firstly, anyone who creates a free account will have fewer character slots and storage than anyone who’s bought the game. As is currently the case, the Gem Store will continue to offer a rotating series of cosmetic items, along with the option to buy additional character slots and the like. But it’s not a change to the business model.” No additional microtransactions are set to be added to the game whatsoever. The core game will be free for everybody. “This is a natural extension of that – it’s already bundled for free and our players keep saying they want to get their friends into the game, and will there be a demo or so on? So here we are. So earlier this year when we started to sell Heart of Thorns we decided to keep it simple, and bundle the core game in with Heart of Thorns. So we thought buy-to-play is so simple – you just buy the game. ““When you’re releasing an expansion pack you have a decision to make how are you going to extend the buy-to-play business model so it incorporates the expansion pack? As a new player comes into the game, wants to buy it and play with his friends, should he have to buy the base game and the expansion pack, and then down the road he buys more expansion packs, and so on? These are prerequisites – you don’t just buy the game, you need all the prerequisites too.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |