There’s a reason free-to-play games are all the rage around the globe. Games like Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online, Nexon’s MapleStory and NCsoft’s Guild Wars are reaping rewards via micro-transactions. China, which has been plagued by piracy, ushered in the free-to-play business model as a method for game publishers to reach a large audience of gamers and sustain a business that keeps players purchasing new content to advance their interactive experiences.
Nexon has released its financial statement for 2024's first quarter, and it looks like FPS The Finals isn't proving the hit the studio was hoping for.
The market for games like this is too over saturated to make a dent in other established games' player counts. Trying to start all over with a whole new multiplayer meta and grinding to get better is not feasible when there's already a ton of similar games that have come out before it.
Gravemaster writes: "Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire is a successful franchise, but it hasn’t had much luck when it comes to video games. Many were released, but only the one from Telltale games received more or less recognition and it was cancelled after one season anyway. Now, we have news of another Game of Thrones game in development."
Maybe that's what Larian is working on? Or even better, an isometric Witcher CRPG like BG3, a man can dream.
Mike Nelson writes: "We’re thrilled to announce the next Xbox Partner Preview will air Wednesday, March 6, at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, featuring a mix of new and upcoming games."
Nice, I don’t know anything about these titles. But hoping they’ll be worth the watch.
The 3 games listed are multiplats.
I actually looked up the Tales of Kanzera:Zau a month or so ago because I thought it could be an actual Tales of game but I was very disappointed to find out it is an indie game being published by EA and not an actual Tales of game. Gameplay looks ok but I don’t like the art style. It looks a lot like the recent Prince of Persia game.
I wouldn't be surprise if we saw a heap of P2W F2P within the next few months.