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post #41 of 72
7/31/12 at 4:14pm
When i hear a mmo game go from subscription fees to free2play.... all i see is failure.
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post #42 of 72
7/31/12 at 5:48pm
when i hear subscription going f2p i see a game i'll be playing for a long time.... biggrin.gif
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post #43 of 72
7/31/12 at 6:01pm
Always wanted to try but haven't even thought of buying. I could play for free biggrin.gif. Free is always good for me.
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post #44 of 72
7/31/12 at 6:11pm
Garbage game goes free. Should have started it off that way, they would still have people playing it. Maybe next time you make a AAA MMO design some content for it and don't copy other games from the ground up. Oops! You forgot to copy the end game model. Fail.
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7/31/12 at 6:16pm
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Garbage game goes free. Should have started it off that way, they would still have people playing it. Maybe next time you make a AAA MMO design some content for it and don't copy other games from the ground up. Oops! You forgot to copy the end game model. Fail.

There're still people playing, above 500k - below 1m.
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post #46 of 72
7/31/12 at 6:24pm
There is still microtransactions though. So EA will still be making money from those who want to buy upgrades etc...So I wouldn't exactly call it a "failure". It's just a conscious business decision to open up a bigger audience.
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7/31/12 at 6:26pm
Found this video interesting:
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post #48 of 72
7/31/12 at 8:04pm
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There're still people playing paying ,above 500k - below 1m.

But it says nothing about server population.


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There is still microtransactions though. So EA will still be making money from those who want to buy upgrades etc...So I wouldn't exactly call it a "failure". It's just a conscious business decision to open up a bigger audience.

Its a conscious decision in the same way driving your car into a ditch to avoid a head on collision is a conscious decision. They wouldn't do it unless a wreck was already guaranteed on the current path.
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7/31/12 at 8:09pm
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Game had great story telling, especially on the empire side, just nothing else. Once you've played through the stories it's just a wasteland. I would never recommend it for someone to spend money on, but f2p it would be worth your time.
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7/31/12 at 8:17pm
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@erunion:

250+ people at fleet everyday and 50+ each on others planets, server population is no longer a problem after server transfer/merge.
My new server has even more players now than my old server from the time around launch when there were still around 1.7m subs.
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