Is free really the future of gaming? It's not just new developers going gratis, Sony and EA are too...
There's no such thing as a free lunch. But how about a lunch during which you have to watch a couple of adverts, or pay 50p for extra ketchup? What if it's a plain meal you eat in the company of paying customers devouring lavish haute cuisine? There are many possible futures for gaming, and the magic word 'free' orbits around a great many of them. It's the internet's fault, of course – this is a world that's become highly accustomed to getting what it wants whenever it wants, and without a pricetag. On the PC especially, there are dual wars being fought against rampant piracy and punter-bewildering system specs. The answer, or at least an answer that's being toyed with of late, is free games – high on accessibility, low on technical requirements, and funded by a cocktail of advertising and micropayments for extra content. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/is-free-really-the-future-of-gaming--582868 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
