Castrum - Now that the Age of WoW has come and gone, it seems Western developers are waking up to the reality of lucrative microtransactions and removing barriers to entry in their MMOs (and other assorted genres):
Wondering why going "free to play" is so trendy right now? Consider MMO Age of Conan. In May, it launched a F2P version. It's since doubled its revenues and increased subscriber numbers.While this can lead to serious two-tier systems of gameplay, personally I welcome F2P. I'm so sick of paying $50+ for an MMO just to see it suck, lose subscribers en masse, and/or shut down a few months (or years) after launch.
If anyone's looking for a decent action-oriented MMO that's F2P, City of Heroes is going F2P later this year. I've put in about 6 years of time and money into the game already, and I still find it vastly different compared to other MMOs out there: http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/freedom/freedom_overview.php
http://kotaku.com/5829868/this-is-why-games-are-going-free-to-play
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