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Freemium Isn't Free

zarxidejackozarxidejacko Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2014 in Ten Forward
Dat last South Park episode... F2P games :D

Loved alcohol commercial
2010 is my join date.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4VRbsjZrQ

    Freemium games in a nutshell. :D
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  • moonshadowdarkmoonshadowdark Member Posts: 1,899 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    We really can't talk, though.

    *idly pokes Master Keys and Delta boxes*
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Sad, but true.

    I think that clip missed (or glossed over) the part on the reason why 'everyone is doing it'.

    If you don't, you're left behind.

    It's also because of gold farmers. Companies have to compete against the very same people playing their game to sell currency for rmt.

    So companies offer ways to sell that currency so those people will not be easily seduced at the prospect of buying fake currency from a third party.

    I don't blame Matt and Trey for not going too deeply into it, but microtransactions are a complicated issue for gaming that isn't easily addressed in a 30 minute episode of South Park.
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  • tymoriel77tymoriel77 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    moonshadowdark wrote: »
    We really can't talk, though.

    *idly pokes Master Keys and Delta boxes*

    More than that. Dilithium and Zen is canadacoin. Dilithium much more than zen. This game is setup to frustrate you to buy zen to turn it into dilithium. STO is as much a freemium game as what sp showed and what we see on hand held devices. it is just far more fancy and organized.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Glad South Park is up to date on everything in 2012
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited November 2014
    Matt Stone's been an STO player since March of last year. He's had some catching up to do.
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