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From Free to Play to One Time Pay
Cordova, TN; July 3, in the year of our Lord 2015--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is looking at an exciting trend in the
video game industry. What is this trend that has us all a
twitter? It is seeing video games go from the free to play to
the one time pay model. Yes we know free to play could be
referenced as repeat to pay. Since too many of the free to play
games are actually repeat to pay. Not to be confused with real
free to play video games. Why is this exciting? Because it gives
consumers more choice. It allows consumers to pay one time for a
game and show they support that model over the repeat to pay
model. It is also something we believe in strongly here at
Family Friendly Gaming.
Lego Minifigures Online is the latest video game to go from the
repeat pay to play to the one time pay model. The amazing
innovation of this transformation shows other video games could
do the same thing. Why can’t there be a one time pay Crossy
Road? Why can’t there be a one time pay Ultima Forever? The
companies have the code, and it does not take that much work to
tweak the games to a pay one time model that works. Just like it
does not take that much effort to put video games in the
physical format. As we have written about here on Family
Friendly Gaming before, these companies could sell directly to
their fans and supporters. Advertisements on sites like Family
Friendly Gaming could bring in all kinds of sales. I thought
they cared about making money.
The next logical progression for this innovation (after going
into physical copies of course) is to make offline only modes
for online games. Give families the option to play completely
offline. A total stand alone version of the game. We do not need
to be social 24/7. Some alone time is good for all of us.
Especially when different people rub one another the wrong way.
There are no safety issues with stalkers, trolls, haters, and
freaks when you are playing offline in your own home. Sort of
like how abstinence is 100% effective in avoiding diseases.
Avoiding online play means you avoid all of those issues and
problems. There are plenty of online games I would love to play
offline stand alone versions of. I don’t mind some kind of local
multiplayer. I want to avoid those nasty Internet usage fines.
What about you? Would you play your favorite online only video
game locally in an offline mode? Do you support the physical
copy movement? Do you like owning games that you pay for? Would
you like a little alone time in online games? Would you like to
save money on Internet usage? Do you prefer pay one time over
repeat pay to play? Did you find this article thought provoking?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming