Kongregate: the science behind the massive profits of F2P games

Re:Kongregate: the science behind the massive profits of F2P... by T-hawk on Monday June 15, 2015 @01:48AM (#9717724)

Those both essentially do run on wait timers. You can earn the components needed to play at a high level gradually with a limited number of plays per day, or pay to accelerate that process.

This model isn't as harsh as actually locking out from the game if you don't pay, but it sure does move along the same axis of paying to alleviate a time-based restriction.

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Re:Kongregate: the science behind the massive profits of F2P... by rjaco31 on Monday June 15, 2015 @05:02AM (#9718225)

Uh? This might be somehow true for Hearthstone, but you'll have a hard time convincing me there is any kind of timer in LoL. All the in-game purchases are basically just cosmetics, and the lightweight grinding is more of a tutorial phase than anything else.

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Re:Kongregate: the science behind the massive profits of F2P... by throwaway2048 on Monday June 15, 2015 @06:25AM (#9718489)

Hero purchases are not cosmetic, neither is the grind to level 30 so you can use full rune pages (basicly minor buffs to a collection of stats). It is inaccurate to portray these things as cosmetic.

And yes, I'm sure you can 'have fun anyways' and a host of other standard pay to win excuses, but the fact remains its an element you pay for that makes you more competitive, and not simply cosmetic.

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