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@doosmacleod said:

@Mr_Skeleton said:

People complain about free games, this always gets me.

The idea is for their free model is to entice people to eventually pay.

People aren't complaining about the free game, they're complaining that the free model is such that it's a pretty cruel model (being so wholly restrictive, you'd get a better play experience watching 4 month old videos on YouTube). I would not be too surprised if people were turned away from the game entirely after finding out the F2P model allows for you slightly more than nothing.

Sure, "It's free; you get what you pay," but that's not the point of F2P design. It's meant to be bait. The bait is bad.

It is the standard F2P model for MMOs. Only thing that is new is the limiting of action bars. That is clearly just a way to force high level players to pay more.

No. He is a game reviewer and "the face" of GB so he kind of has to. I'm sure he gets games sent to him as well.

@Raven10 said:

I kind of agree with people that while I think this is an awesome deal for the consumer, I'm not exactly sure if it is a sound business decision for Sony. Right now I don't have a Vita, but I do have a PS3 and a PS Plus account, so there is nothing stopping me from getting all these free games for a system I don't even own yet. Then, if the Vita is still around in a couple of years, and I do get one I'll have a couple dozen games all ready to play and I won't need to actually buy any software to go with my system. Again, as a consumer I'm not complaining. PS Plus is probably the best deal in gaming right now, but it seems like a big risk for Sony to put so many of its top games on PS Plus so soon after the system launched. There just aren't a lot of good Vita games, and Sony is going to have a tough time keeping up a rotation of six games in there without cannibalizing their own actual sales of these games.

Well you see, I think Sony wants people like you. You have PS+ with your PS3 but no vita. They hope these free games will entice you to buy a Vita. The Vita really needs hardware sales. Sony would be more then willing to take a hit on some first party games if it sells systems.

They aren't lowering drop rates to make money on the AH. If they raise drop rates items would be dirt cheap and everyone could gear up on the AH easily. They're basically cutting supply to raise the prices on the AH. They've said their intentions have been that people can buy maybe 1 or 2 items on the AH and not simply gear up entirely.

I'm about half way through and enjoying it. It is by no means a great game, but seeing it average 50s at review sites is a bit harsh imo. The game desperately needed polish. It's a rental or bargain bin title imo.

The time frame is the first book.