Free to download?

[Draz]

It's funny, I was never aware until this thread that Battlefield and Call of Duty were actually free2play games, since I bought the games and then never payed a subscription. Same with TF2, it was actually a F2P game BEFORE it went F2P. Amazing!

From what we have seen shown off it does appear that PS2 will do a lot of what LoL does with their F2P model, which I think is perfect. As for hackers, there will be some, they will receive multiple bans, and there will be people who accuse everyone who kills them of being a hacker.

[Vash02]

I wouldnt say COD or BF is F2P since you actually have to pay to get the game in the first place.

[Therion I]

Could they not force all new accounts go through a trial period (call it tutorial so as not to offend) for a few hours? During this time there could be stricter monitoring to see if they are cheating. Maybe put them in a different area so they are not interacting with live players. Sure the hackers would get wise to this but if they know that when their full account gets banned they then have to spend a few hours in 'tutorial' mode it might put them off and send them off to some other game.

This might also be of benefit to new players as being in 'tutorial mode' might seem a lot less intimidating. Tell them their stats will be wiped so if they're doing crap to begin with it doesn't matter as long as they are learning the ropes.

[Coreldan]

That would require a big enough of stream of new players so it wouldnt be deserted, which it always ends up to in every game.

[Therion I]

Originally Posted by Coreldan

That would require a big enough of stream of new players so it wouldnt be deserted, which it always ends up to in every game.

I disagree, taking some of the sting out of learning a new game will encourage new players to take a dip.