Comments on: Micropayments Are Good

By: ElfOfGod

ElfOfGod — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:51 +0000

2Moons works like that, too. Totally free, but you can buy items that “boost” you in different ways without ruining game balance.
2Moons is an 3D MMORPG.

By: Meião

Meião — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:22:26 +0000

That’s old news among many games.

Selling items that makes you slightly more powerful or give you more experience are old news in Rappelz (2006) and Gunbound (2002).

Also there are games which cap non subscribers, like Tibia (1997).

All of them been successful.

By: Clean3d

Clean3d — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:01:39 +0000

I’ve really wrestled with the concept of microtransactions – there are just so many problems that can come up. Is what you buy temporary or permanent? What happens if the company goes out of business? How do you make the gameplay balanced for everyone?

That said, many of the games I’ve spent a lot of time with recently are powered by microtransactions. No matter what my objections are, they seem to be winning. DLC – growing more and more popular – is *almost* the same thing, isn’t it?