If PS2 is going to be F2P, what of those who pre-ordered the game?

[Furber]

I'm very glad to hear that it will be free to play, but I do wonder about the money that ppl have spent pre-ordering Planetside 2. Will it be returned some how?

Unless it's like, you buy the game once then dont pay monthly fees, then nevermind this thread. However I would assume 'free to play' would mean no money required to play the game.

[LordReaver]

Don't pre-order games until after details are released.

[Blue]

They don't actually charge you for the pre-order until there is a release date anyways.

[Crazyduckling]

They mean, buy once, play for free. I don't think they'd spend millions of dollars for a free game with continual updates and have a cash shop that only sells aesthetics and minor weapon stuff that is supposed to support it.

[Lonehunter]

I think Free 2 Play can still have a cost to purchase the game.

If not, I'm sure someone would love to take your money

[Tigersmith]

I'm guessing it's like guild wars. Buy the game. Then after that it's free 2 play.

[SavageB]

F2P does not mean the entire game is free, you still have to pay money for the game. 49.99 as it stands I do believe right now. I will be ordering a CE if there is one, and making as many micro transactions as possible to support the devs.

[Grimster]

Yeah buying the game would seem reasonable. Will be interesting to see what kind of content they will have in there to make money on. I just don't hope that you one year after the game is released you will feel like you ended up in the middle of a pride parade when you are out on the battle field.

[Heaven]

Originally Posted by Tigersmith

I'm guessing it's like guild wars. Buy the game. Then after that it's free 2 play.

More than likely this is the way they will go, am almost 100% on it.

[NCLynx]

Free to play =/= Free Download

[morf]

Another interesting thing. They mentioned that there will be 1 continent at launch. I'm guessing additional continents = additional money. That's fine by me.

[NCLynx]

Originally Posted by morf

Another interesting thing. They mentioned that there will be 1 continent at launch. I'm guessing additional continents = additional money. That's fine by me.

There's no way they'd limit the continents you have access to in terms of buying access to them.

[Crator]

Originally Posted by morf

Another interesting thing. They mentioned that there will be 1 continent at launch. I'm guessing additional continents = additional money. That's fine by me.

Pretty ridiculous to think that. And IF they do this they will have a revolt on their hands.

[Leyxa]

Putting continents behind a paywall splits the population. That's a bad thing for a game that depends on critical population number. This is one of the factors that many consider to have gone seriously wrong with Core Combat. Obviously, Planetside was more sensitive to population dispersal than other games have been, but unless Planetside 2 is well past that critical population number, SOE would be wise not to split up the population.

Free to play games often have a boxed distribution in order to get on store shelves. The box will often include a few goodies, a couple of special items and a bit of digital currency for the game with a value in the cash shop equal to the price of the boxed game. Digital distributors shouldn't be taking preorders until they actually know they're getting the game.

[klu]

Originally Posted by Smed

We're trying to figure out a way not to sell content per se... We don't want to follow the "sell an expansion pack" model with this game. We want to keep all players together at all times when it comes to what they can do without paying.

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