FREE Aces High? New way to get fresh players?

[Chewie]

What if ACES switch to a FREE to play-every time you log in you watch a 60 second commercial and HTC gets the proceeds from an advertister.  I beat free to play FOREVER would attract a lot of players.   It would be like Facebook, People FREE, Advertisers chasing customers ie gamers to advertise pay for my play.  Something like, Crackle Free-website, just watch a few commercials. This way the noobies could put money into there rigs-headsets, joysticks etc instead of 15.00 a month to play.      Love to see our numbers back up to 600 in the MA on a Friday night fighting to get in.  Just a thought.  Chewie, Bish. 

[Lusche]

What advertiser would pay the equivalent of 15$ per month per player for that?

[Dundee]

What if ACES switch to a FREE to play-every time you log in you watch a 60 second commercial and HTC gets the proceeds from an advertister.  I beat free to play FOREVER would attract a lot of players.   It would be like Facebook, People FREE, Advertisers chasing customers ie gamers to advertise pay for my play.  Something like, Crackle Free-website, just watch a few commercials. This way the noobies could put money into there rigs-headsets, joysticks etc instead of 15.00 a month to play.      Love to see our numbers back up to 600 in the MA on a Friday night fighting to get in.  Just a thought.  Chewie, Bish.

your already at AH.....that is what the ad is for, to get you to come to AH

[haggerty]

free to play concept is proven, and not the you are free to play by yourself in your own server method.
WW2 Online has solid fights going when I just tried it, and its obviously a subpar game, but it has free play for lower ranks.  People enjoy the game and they pay for it. 
This is beating a dead horse though, I think if early war planes were free, we'd have much better numbers.  I for one would probably be one of the veterans that just stick to early war though.

[100Coogn]

'Our Base Is Under Attack' in-game warning could be replaced with audio advertisements.   

*Edit* Almost forgot.  Add real-time bill-boards in towns. 

Coogan

[AAIK]

Guys, there is no easy fix to the current situation.

Lets think about this harder? Maybe we can come up with something that isn't done currently?

Free to play as a model was unheard of back before 2000.

[zack1234]

Why dont we put AHIII on stream?

[BBQsam]

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[Copprhed]

I think that, while this is a magnificent game, it's a niche game. There just aren't as many WW2 junkies as there used to be, and also there is always new eye candy out there to seduce those who have the attention spans of a dog in a yard full of squirrels. I hope it gets better, but as we get older, I'm afraid the numbers may continue to drop.

[Warty]

I like the free to play idea.  Just make sure that it has in cockpit pop up ads that activate 1 second after you depress fire button.

Seriously though, the pay to play is and always has been a barrier to entry. Many people I talk to won't even consider it once they hear $15 per month. Not even try it. So some model that could bring those people along would be good. And if the mobile app world has taught us anything it's that people are willing to pay a lot for gaming. It just has to take advantage of their human emotions. So HTC doesn't need to lose money on it. I just hope they keep the $15 per month model for the rest of us. 

You can sell all kinds of things with micro transactions. Air launch near combat and save fly out time for $.25 or 5 for $1.00. And obviously you don't say $.25 you say 100 gems or whatever, and sell them gems. And yeah you let them buy the high ENY planes with it. Price the rest of us may have to pay to have more targets.

Just don't do the "upgrade" thing. Do that and it's no longer a sim of any kind.


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[Mongoose]

What if ACES switch to a FREE to play-every time you log in you watch a 60 second commercial and HTC gets the proceeds from an advertister.

   AAAUUUGH!  NOOOO!   Pre-play commercials like that are the scourge of the internet everywhere!   

[Halo46]

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[kingpen]

i last played on here under a name other than kingpen a year ago tried to play and my system could no longer work the program  that was disconcerting but guess i just need to update  anyone know if 0Rick still plays  Notar sfox  all my old squaddies

[Chewie]

Thank you Halo46, and BBQSam, 23 years military service, 28 year overall (break in service).  Retired last Dec from the 139th Air Wing, St. Joseph MO.  And the quote-yes, Mel Brooks, History of the world part one.  Military intelligence-contradiction in terms.   

[popeye]

Don't know what the answer is for attracting new players, but the first time I see a commercial in AH is the last time I play AH.