Business, Game Design, MMORPGs
The Free To Play, Microtransaction Model
During my time at the Game Developers Conference, I came across a few developers who were planning on using the free to play with microtransaction model. While this type of business model isn’t new, even to the United States; it isn’t something that is used as wide as the basic subscription model that most large developers and publishers use. The free to play model appears like a more secure revenue stream than the standard monthly subscription model.
I sat in on the NDOORS media presentation where they announced information about their content update for the free to play MMORPG, Atlantica Online. They also talked about Luminary another free to play MMORPG. Finally they showed a trailer for their new title, WonderKing. NDOORS is a Korean developer with a long history of free to play online MMORPGs and it doesn’t look like their going to stop anytime soon.