Endo wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 23:16:

Jerykk wrote on Apr 9, 2012, 17:12:

Are you sure about TF2? Quake Live didn't generate much, and all of the "pay more for more weapons" games have failed to do much of anything.

That's pretty much why Quake Live fails as a F2P game. It doesn't have any microtransactions or unlockables. Conversely, TF2 has tons of cosmetic items that apparently sell really well.

People mind paying extra for things they feel should have come with the game. They don't mind paying extra for things that are clearly fluff and extraneous.