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Subscription-Free Spellborn in NA in November

[Sep 27, 2008, 2:38 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Acclaim announces The Chronicles of Spellborn will launch in North America on November 27, the same date as the game's recently announced European launch (story). They also announce this will be another of their subscription-free ("free-to-play") offerings: "As with all of Acclaim’s games, Spellborn will be free to download and play once players have registered for an account. But those players who want to access advanced features and unlock extra game content will have the option to purchase a premium service that will offer several payment options."

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8.	Re: No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 11:59	rist3903
	past adult is elderly? You must be wizened to take part in this conversation.

7.	Re: No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 09:19	The Half Elf
	But Guild Wars also suffers the side effects of being subscription-free. The major offender in my book is the community zones where you have everyone talking in one chat channel. And some of those conversation are fairly adult and way past adult in content. This message was edited at Sep 28, 11:02.

6.	Re: No subject	Sep 28, 2008, 00:16	Fion
	When he says 'this business model' he's not talking about no subscription fee. He's talking about getting 1/2 the game and paying for the other 1/2 in $10 tidbits. It is a viable model in other parts of the world (most particularly, Asia.) But here in the US it's bulked at and no game has come out using it that has had any amount of success. Many have closed down simply because it doesn't work.

5.	Re: No subject	Sep 27, 2008, 23:04	dubfanatic
	It doesn't work? Tell that to 10 million Guild Wars boxes sold. That's because Guild Wars isn't F2P, and you just mentioned why it isn't.

4.	Re: No subject	Sep 27, 2008, 22:49	The Advocate
	It doesn't work? Tell that to 10 million Guild Wars boxes sold.

3.	Re: No subject	Sep 27, 2008, 22:23	dubfanatic
	The number one industry priority right now seems to be to find ways to charge for things in new and creative ways. When will MBAs learn that "innovation" is not necessarily a good thing in the business world? Our current economic crisis is a perfect example of that.

2.	No subject	Sep 27, 2008, 17:17	Wilson
	The model is apparently somehow so attractive to companies that they're going to keep hammering away with it until enough stupid gamers buy into it to make it profitable. The number one industry priority right now seems to be to find ways to charge for things in new and creative ways.

1.	Hate this Business model.	Sep 27, 2008, 15:24	Shagwood
	Has nobody learned that this business model does not work in North America?

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