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Drac · 22nd January 2008, 06:03 PM

I think this being free is in part an experiment for EA/Dice and also a sign of how mainstream gaming has become. It could be they feel gaming has hit the critical mass required to support such an endeavour thought adds and micro-transactions (most likely for in-game avatar details and access to special content/maps/classes). The whole "casual" claim also seems to support this.

There are already a handful of well established free MMOs around, and now it seems FPSs are joining in on the band-wagon too. Looks to me as if gaming is becoming more like other forms of media such as TV. Weather this is a good or bad direction for the industry to take, or if other developers will follow suit, who knows.

22nd January 2008, 06:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Drac Elite Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,205	I think this being free is in part an experiment for EA/Dice and also a sign of how mainstream gaming has become. It could be they feel gaming has hit the critical mass required to support such an endeavour thought adds and micro-transactions (most likely for in-game avatar details and access to special content/maps/classes). The whole "casual" claim also seems to support this. There are already a handful of well established free MMOs around, and now it seems FPSs are joining in on the band-wagon too. Looks to me as if gaming is becoming more like other forms of media such as TV. Weather this is a good or bad direction for the industry to take, or if other developers will follow suit, who knows. __________________ Shhh, this sig is a work in progress..