Bionite - Origins

lukebolger · 15 Aug 2012 at 20:59

Hey guys,

I am from the marketing team of Bionite Origins,

EDIT - link as sig aint working! http://www.moddb.com/games/bionite-origins

We are rolling out a new open beta in the next week or so,

We are curious,

Should we release the game as Free to play model with premium add ons or just a flat fee?

Thanks!

Witcher1979 · 15 Aug 2012 at 21:31

With things like this I always say f2p with premium addons. Even Star Wars is going f2p now with premium addons. It makes sense to me and I am more likely to buy addons for star wars with it being f2p, if I had to pay each month I wouldn't go near it. Just a customer point of view.

Good luck

Sleepery · 16 Aug 2012 at 13:46

Flat fee please! I've been keeping my eye on this and I'm not touching it if I have to nickel and dime it to get the 'full' game.

I think the model works well for a online only multiplayer games, where you can charge for additional classes, xp boosters etc. For a single player experience, I'd prefer to just throw down a tenner (or whatever) and have access to the full thing.

Pestilence · 16 Aug 2012 at 13:59

Sleepery said:
Flat fee please! I've been keeping my eye on this and I'm not touching it if I have to nickel and dime it to get the 'full' game.

I think the model works well for a online only multiplayer games, where you can charge for additional classes, xp boosters etc. For a single player experience, I'd prefer to just throw down a tenner (or whatever) and have access to the full thing.

Usually, something in the middle is best option. Look at LOTRO's model, which works very well indeed.

You can sub monthly, flat fee, for everything, or go F2P to a limited capacity. You can then add things to your game by paying for packs, or just go the full fee to unlock it all. Everyone has the option of purchasing further items, buffs etc. if they want to, whether subbing or F2P.

Sleepery · 16 Aug 2012 at 15:54

Voorhees has kind of confused things here - it's not an mmo, it's a straightforward single player game with some multiplayer elements.

Pestilence · 16 Aug 2012 at 20:24

Sleepery said:
Voorhees has kind of confused things here - it's not an mmo, it's a straightforward single player game with some multiplayer elements.

Ah! That's what I get for not actually visiting the site!

In that case, a single flat fee for purchase is always best.

SkeeterUK · 13 Apr 2013 at 14:40

Just noticed this when i googled battlezone 3 kickstarter lol. Its nice for someone to have a stab at making something like battlezone as i had played bz2 and thought it was pretty cool. I was absolutly crap at it like especially as i went on but the start, the intro and stuff was amazingly cool and its a shame not many if any other studios adopted the model of fps/rts the way they did it.

Shame they got so little funding but its somit i will keep an eye out for when its out.