Comments on: EA CEO Predicts Demise of $60 Retail Game Due to Rise of Free To Play http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/ The Business and Design of Free-To-Play Games Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: CrispyYams http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/comment-page-1/#comment-153 CrispyYams Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:10:22 +0000 http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/#comment-153 TheBob: I definitely agree with you about the games coming out of China. But the industry there is growing, and eventually, quality games will be coming out from there. This is why we need to look at alternative business models. If you remember, western games were crude compared to Japanese games 10-20 years ago. They had Mario, Sonic, and Street Fighter; we had... Mortal Kombat... uhm... what else? I can't even remember off the top of my head. I see the same trend with Korean games as well. I used to despise the games coming out of Korea, but they're improving each and every year. TheBob:
I definitely agree with you about the games coming out of China. But the industry there is growing, and eventually, quality games will be coming out from there. This is why we need to look at alternative business models. If you remember, western games were crude compared to Japanese games 10-20 years ago. They had Mario, Sonic, and Street Fighter; we had… Mortal Kombat… uhm… what else? I can’t even remember off the top of my head. I see the same trend with Korean games as well. I used to despise the games coming out of Korea, but they’re improving each and every year.

]]> By: TheBob http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/comment-page-1/#comment-152 TheBob Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:04:41 +0000 http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/#comment-152 >In China, they’re giving games away for free If you've played them you'd know why - design-wise they're awful, particularly the MMOs: very shallow, simplistic, repetitive gameplay (mostly "action-combat" grinding). There's no comparison to the 5-star triple A products released in the west. >In China, they’re giving games away for free

If you’ve played them you’d know why – design-wise they’re awful, particularly the MMOs: very shallow, simplistic, repetitive gameplay (mostly “action-combat” grinding). There’s no comparison to the 5-star triple A products released in the west.

]]> By: CrispyYams http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/comment-page-1/#comment-151 CrispyYams Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:48:43 +0000 http://freetoplay.biz/2007/10/31/ea-ceo-predicts-demise-of-60-retail-game-due-to-rise-of-free-to-play/#comment-151 It's definitely interesting to see what pricing models EA will be coming up with. Hopefully they settle on one that is both good for the consumer and developers/publishers. It’s definitely interesting to see what pricing models EA will be coming up with. Hopefully they settle on one that is both good for the consumer and developers/publishers.

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