Ghost Recon Online: From pay-to-play to free-to-play [Interview]

IncGamers: Many a free-to-play game is – for better or worse – the offspring of an already established franchise. Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances, Age of Empires Online, Battlefield Heroes, F1 Online and, most recently, Ghost Recon Online.

The thinking is obvious: consumers already have the brand knowledge and, generally, a positive perspective of previous games in the franchise.

With this in mind, we spoke to Ghost Recon Online’s lead designer Jesse Knapp, about the power of an existing franchise, the appeal of free-to-play gaming and where the game goes from here.