Firefall explains its Free to Play mechanic

A FPS MMO, designed as a AAA game thats free to play. Discussing the pros and cons of free to play and when done right how it pays out. I hope so, the game looks great but I am a cheeap ass.

"...Kern had to work aggressively to get his own team on board with the free-to-play model. "It was an uphill battle. The then CEO of Red 5 and our CFO both felt that free-to-play wasn't profitable and even if it were, that we had nobody with expertise to develop it," he said. "That sounded like an opportunity and a challenge to me, but to be honest, it seemed like a huge risk to most everyone else."..."

Check out the article on the "Escapist'

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/9013-Evolve-or-Die

http://www.firefallthegame.com

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