EA: We Still Believe in the Free-to-Play Model - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 April 2015 / 3,891 ViewsDespite having plans to shut down four of its biggest free-to-play titles later this year, Electronic Arts still intends to continue backing the model.
"These changes only affect those four titles; we still believe in the free-to-play model," an Electronic Arts spokesperson told MCVUK. "Star Wars: The Old Republic continues to be a dynamic live service with a growing player base, and more new content and updates are planned for this year. In Asia, FIFA Online 3 continues to grow as well."
"We are very committed to these experiences, and also exploring new concepts and ways to bring our games to more players around the world."
The games being scrapped are: Battlefield Heroes, Battlefield Play4Free, Need For Speed World, and FIFA World. These games will all be shut down on July 14th.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I still don't get the appeal of F2P games.
Ditto.
Battlefield Play4Free was actually a really fun game. Its a shame they are shutting off the servers because EA are so chEAp
Free to play but pay to win. That's the new trend. It's ruined mobile gaming and it's slowly creeping into console gaming. See TLOU multiplayer. While it's still possible to be good without buying all the $0.99 weapons it's kind of sick to think they're forcing people to spend more money on top of their initial $60.00 retail.
Well, technically they're not "forcing" anything but you catch my drift.
We replace "we" with "our greedy shareholders and higher ups/managers/bosses not the poor people that work for us"
Yeah, "especially if we can apply it to full priced experiences!"
I'm going to miss Battlefield Play4Free and Fifa World bar the obvious signs of actually wanting you to buy stuff, they were excellent games for those that like playing the genre only and don't mind having underpowered stuff.