b2p

‘Buy-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that have box or download fees associated with them but do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid B2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.

Leaderboard: Do you like the buy-to-play model?

Jef Reahard - May 13, 2015 257

I was discussing MMO business models with some friends this week, and one of them commented that buy-to-play is the best thing ever. I...

All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

NCsoft Q1 2015: Growth for Guild Wars 2, further deflation for WildStar

Eliot Lefebvre - May 13, 2015 529

NCsoft's first quarter financial report is out, and... you know, let's start with the good news. Guild Wars 2 is making the company more...

Jukebox Heroes: How Elite: Dangerous’ music put me into a mild coma

Justin Olivetti - May 12, 2015 35

You know what gets me righteously angry? I shall tell you. I shall tell you, and then you shall share in my anger, you...

Sea-based sandbox Windward launches

Justin Olivetti - May 12, 2015 26

Unfurl the sails, cut the jib, and swab the poop deck -- Windward launch, ho! The sea-based sandbox officially rolls out of drydock today on...

WildStar subreddit mod bans F2P and B2P discussions

Justin Olivetti - May 12, 2015 456

Hope you didn't have plans to talk about WildStar's possible conversion to a new business model on Reddit because one of the game's subreddit...

Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics

Larry Everett - May 12, 2015 24

I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....

‘No more grind’: PvP sandbox Das Tal launches its Kickstarter

Bree Royce - May 12, 2015 28

As promised, buy-to-play indie PvP sandbox Das Tal has begun a Kickstarter campaign today to coincide with the launch of the German wing of...

Guild Wars 2 gives us a glimpse of the Necromancer’s elite spec

Justin Olivetti - May 11, 2015 64

Another week, another reveal of the next elite specialization reveal for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. If this new piece of teased concept...

Destiny’s second expansion gets a video preview

Eliot Lefebvre - May 11, 2015 9

If you're anything like me, you found out that Destiny's second expansion does not actually contain a literal house of wolves and got very...

Elite: Dangerous offering Steam keys to game owners

Justin Olivetti - May 11, 2015 43

Good news if you've purchased or are thinking of purchasing Elite: Dangerous from the game's website: Frontier said that it will be offering Steam...

We were the kings and queens of promise.

Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

Eliot Lefebvre - May 11, 2015 28

You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...

MMO Mechanics: Three favourite action combat systems

Tina Lauro Pollock - May 10, 2015 203

Virtually every MMO contains dangerous places that are filled with other players or NPCs that will attack characters on site, and many also feature...