Does an MMO have to cost money to deliver fun?

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The quality of F2P games is not the question. It's the mindset of the developers. As posted above, game patches and design decisions by the developers of F2P games are driven by a financial bottom line, with no concern for the playability of the game in terms of whether its fun to play or not.

Studios driven by the need to retain subscribers are driven to maintain a playable game with agreeable, accessible content. No matter how you look at it, a subscription model will always be the best possible model.

The bottom line is that F2P and item-shops are an exercise in FRIVOLITY. Such greed-driven development is temporary at best, and can never generate the revenue LONG-TERM that a subscription-based model can provide.

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"It's the mindset of the developers. As posted above, game patches and design decisions by the developers of F2P games are driven by a financial bottom line, with no concern for the playability of the game in terms of whether its fun to play or not."

You mean long level grinds and quests designed to have your character traverse the world several times over to complete? Reputations, feats, deeds, achievement systems, daily quests - the developers of subscription MMOs are just as conscious of their revenue model and design their games around it.

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