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Offline pembquist

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F2P
« on: September 17, 2015, 01:59:14 PM »
Insiders description. Should give you pause before you get all enthusiastic about F2P. Its not about squeezing money out of you as much as owning you.

http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/
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Offline Ack-Ack

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Re: F2P
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2015, 02:16:57 PM »
Insiders description. Should give you pause before you get all enthusiastic about F2P. Its not about squeezing money out of you as much as owning you.

http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/16/we-own-you-confessions-of-a-free-to-play-producer/

My wife is the community manager for a studio here in LA that makes F2P games and she was telling me that a lot of social F2P game studios use the same business model as gambling companies.
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Offline bustr

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Re: F2P
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2015, 03:02:24 PM »
At least this doesn't mean HTC has to show some cleavage on the front page. I watch a lot of anime and sometimes the F2P game adds make me think I'm on a pron site. It works in Vegas.

Maybe I should make some custom gunsights wallpapered with anime cuties that show up when you use zoom. meow.....
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Offline Wiley

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Re: F2P
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2015, 03:11:55 PM »
The datamining really doesn't bother me like it does some people.  The psychology they use to get people addicted is the more bothersome thing to me.

Wiley.
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