The Weekly Raid: When Is It Okay For A Game To Be Buy-To-Play?
Considering the number of recent titles that have decided against free-to-play I thought now would be a good time to discuss when buy-to-play is okay.
Many games releasing with a price tag were a surprise for the MMOs.com crew, particularly Black Desert Online and Overwatch. And now Trion Worlds' Atlas Reactor has jumped ship and announced a transition to b2p.
But throwing money at a game isn't always unwarranted. While playing Overwatch I said out loud [to no one], "This game deserves to be buy-to-play." What did I mean by that? Maybe I was hinting at a level of polish that free-to-play titles fail to meet. Or, that I had invested enough hours to warrant losing a few Hamiltons. But is that enough?
When is it okay for a game to be buy-to-play? Let us know in the comments below!
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From Mega Man II to Ape Escape, I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. I've spent months killing porings in Ragnarok Online and more recently lived a second life in Eve Online. I usually play as gUMBY, gUMBLEoni, or gUMBLes in-game.
