Free To Play Games Better Than Retail?

Gaming has evolved ever since game consoles started. Companies have found new ways of satisfying gamers and getting them to buy their games. One ways of making more money is with DLC so the game’s story continues. Another way is through paying online play on the game. One thing that has been happening recently are free to play games. Free to play games require no money to play and can be played whenever. Most of these games are online only games, but why would game companies make game and ask for no money to play it? These games give the option to buy in-game money to give the player an advantage. The in-game money goes to the company, and in some cases, the same person might buy more in-game money and that goes straight to the company. The companies that make free to play games will sometimes get more money than a retail game company. This is because more people will play the free to play game because if they don’t like it there is no risk of wasting your money. Because of this, more people will play the free game and then spend money on advantages because the game is fun. Some free to play games have been so successful that they get sequels and more players. Retail companies have a problem with free to play games because of how gamers would rather play them instead of a retail title games. This is why more Youtubers and Twitch Livestreamers will play retail games, so that people see that the game is fun and want to play it.

Livestreamers and game journalists will only sometimes play free to play games. There are some that will put their focus on free to play games but many try to avoid them. This is because some retail companies will play them to play their retail game. The developers want to advertise the game to the public by using the streamers and journalists to show the game off. One of the major problems with this is when the companies will show the game off before it is released to the public. This is a problem because it can show any bugs or glitches that the game might have causing the public to not want to buy it. With a free to play game, the public would be okay with seeing any bugs because the game is free, and they do not care is the games has any because if they do not like the game they did not spend any money buying it.