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TERA’s F2P shift comes as no surprise in an evolving industry.
It’s funny, just yesterday I was planning to write about the possibility of En Masse Entertainment switching TERA out of its initial subscription-based model, after the game experienced a surge in popularity following Korean Publisher NHN’s decision to make the leap. Little did I expect that the conversion was already on the agenda.
This morning, EME declared that the North American version of TERA would be going F2P with an optional subscripton fee starting in February, with Gameforge announcing similar plans from the EU version of the game nearly simultaneously. Despite happening quite a bit quicker than anticipated, the switch seemed an obvious direction considering the fading glamour of the game.
Long-running MMORPG Tera will be closing on June 30 and Gameforge and Krafton have published a video that serves as a farewell.
No fan wants to see Tera shutting down, but unfortunately, developer Bluehole is closing the game's servers (on PC, anyway) to work on other projects.
Good, this game was great when it launched, but it's been turned into a nightmare of a product since.
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WoW is a mess and it will continue to be a mess. Still, the less-developed MMOs are going to have trouble gaining a fan base because they lack content right now. Even if people do flock to FF14 or BDO, they'll go back to WoW if they fix enough features or give players a shred of hope.
Free-2-Play is a lie... It should be called Pay-2-Win!
It gives an advantage to people who can afford to buy the upgrades. I don't see how it can possibly benefit gaming for us. Online gaming should be about how much skill you have no how far you are willing to reach into your pockets!
I think its a good deal. I loved TERA but with the dated Quest System i couldn't imaging paying $15 every month. I honestly believe the next wave of MMOs should all adopt Guild War's payment strategy.
Honestly if TERA, with its awesome combat, had Guild War 2's quest structure, it'd be amazing.
Depends, is this Nexon free-to-play or The Old Republic free-to-play? If it's the former, sign me up.
I'm amazed Rift has held out for so long, but then again that is one solid mmo.
Oh yes please! Been waiting for this announcement for some time now. Out of the last 5 mmo's (Rift, SWTOR, TSW, GW2 and this) I've tried this was probably the "funnest" one I had with. Wouldnt mind going back to see whats new. Yeh all F2P now just waiting on rift here too.. :D