Game will be free to play

Dust 514

Game » consists of 2 releases. First released on May 14, 2013

DUST 514 is a free-to-play, persistent-world online competitive shooter focused on intense infantry combat augmented by powerful vehicles. It is set in and directly connected to the thriving player driven MMO universe of EVE Online.

Game will be free to play

#1 Posted by mosdl (3001 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

The cover charge has been scrapped, and Sony seems to be willing to play with F2P with the usual micro-transactions.

Smart move I think that will get a lot of players into it, but I wonder how this affects games that will be released that are similar but are not free. Will downloadable game devs shun Sony perhaps as they can't compete with free?

#2 Posted by Dagbiker (6360 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

And Monocles will start at $50

#3 Posted by Forcen (1497 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

Smart move.

#4 Posted by BabyChooChoo (3578 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

@mosdl said:

Will downloadable game devs shun Sony perhaps as they can't compete with free?

No. The game is free but they still have to make money. If anything, if this does well, more devs will jump on board. In any case, my 3rd most anticipated game of the year just got even more anticpated...er...ed...ish.

#5 Posted by bibamatt (1039 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

Instantly more interested.

#6 Posted by Brodehouse (7119 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

I understand and appreciate the F2P model, I like paying for the good stuff instead of hoping the good stuff will come with a subscription model (or the devs add it to a single-purchase game out of the goodness of their heart)... I still have the Vinny problem of "well this is free, and there are already big-budget games I've paid for that I haven't played.". It's hard in your mind to think of a high polish big production style of game going F2P. You just associate it with glorified browser games and failed MMOs.

#7 Posted by LordXavierBritish (6236 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

Does this mean I can earn ISK in the F2P Dust 514 that I can use to buy EVE game time.

#8 Posted by Vegetable_Side_Dish (1701 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

Clever clever clever. Now I'll try this. Won't buy any hats though.

#9 Posted by Ravenlight (7040 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

@LordXavierBritish said:

Does this mean I can earn ISK in the F2P Dust 514 that I can use to buy EVE game time.

Probably. And if it's anything like EVE, you probably won't actually have to play the game to rack up the currency.

#10 Posted by Village_Guy (2090 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago

Well, now I'll check it out I guess, not really much interests from my side still though.

#11 Posted by Shakezula84 (417 posts) - 1 year, 14 days ago

@LordXavierBritish I bet you can't. To buy game time with ISK you buy a PLEX, and you probably can't buy a PLEX in Dust.

#12 Posted by Lego_My_Eggo (699 posts) - 1 year, 14 days ago

@Shakezula84 said:

@LordXavierBritish I bet you can't. To buy game time with ISK you buy a PLEX, and you probably can't buy a PLEX in Dust.

Maybe not directly, but there are already people with plans to help out EVE corporations by playing DUST, and in return rather then get paid in DUST they will get paid ISK in EVE. And i think you get paid ISK in DUST, so maybe there will be a way to just transfer that to an EVE account to buy PLEX.

#13 Posted by Codeacious (903 posts) - 1 year, 14 days ago

Still bummed it won't be on PC. There can only be so much tactics and coordination with a controller in an FPS, in my opinion, and I feel like the tie in to EVE should be on the PC as well.

#14 Posted by drGiggless (222 posts) - 1 year, 14 days ago

I look forward to ninja raping everyone in this game for the low low price of free.

#15 Posted by guadalupeavaldez (3 posts) - 11 months, 28 days ago

@mosdl: Free games are good, in this economy.

#16 Posted by TheHBK (4870 posts) - 11 months, 28 days ago

I'm in.

#17 Posted by troll93 (238 posts) - 11 months, 16 days ago

This has made this game about 100 times more interesting to me.

#18 Posted by Sander (382 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

Yep, I even signed up for the beta, which is the most painless beta sign up I've ever experienced.

#19 Posted by Hector (3202 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

Playing it right now. Really awesome and deep FPS. Same layout of skills and fitting as an EVE ship only on a merc.

#20 Posted by AhmadMetallic (18957 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

As an enthusiastic supporter of sandbox, objective-based, teamplay-driven hierarchy-designed multiplayer games, I am pleased that more Playstation players will experience this since it's free.

#21 Posted by nohthink (1213 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

I didn't know it was a MMO. I'm more surprised by that actually

#22 Posted by TheHT (8089 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

@bibamatt said:

Instantly more interested.

#23 Edited by BabyChooChoo (3578 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago

I've been in the beta for a while now and let me tell you this game is Youtube clip heaven. The shit some people pull of with vehicles puts a smile on my face.

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