Totally Free Video Games or Recession, what recession
While I was at PAX, I began to notice a trend in free to play games. If you are not familiar with that concept, it is essentially when companies offer a game that is completely free.
And when I say free, it isn’t like you download the game and it says: “Thank you for downloading the game, please pay $XX to this PayPal address to proceed further.” This is a process in which the user buys the game, and is totally free to play it. It is only certain aspects of the game, which are not required to “beat” the game, are for sale.
For example, if you want your player to wear a new outfit, all you need to do is lay down some real cash instead of “gamer gold”. Also, if you want to skip to a higher level without all the work, you can pay some real cash and get there.
