Good. Free trial is continuing to be all but the 3 latest expansions, and is expanding with the next expac launch. It’d be nice if I could switch my account to limited-access so I can do free trial content on my main even if my sub lapses, though.
But them being driven by subscriptions has helped them keep the game focused on player enjoyment. I hope it never goes F2P q-q
I believe a generous free trial paired with a subscription model is currently the best way to go about MMO monetization when it comes to ethics and financial viability.
I take monthly cost over aggressive fomo advertisements of dumber and dumber immersion breaking skins and performance hogging flashy effects any day. Even worse if there is also pay to win. Most of those mtx monetization models prey on wales who fall for this type of addiction easily.
Doesn't FFXIV have a cash store with fomo flashy and performance hogging items in addition to the sub though? And with paid expansions? Seems like the ship has sailed on that one
Also, kinda hard to say what would even be immersion breaking in that game - they have canon 2B outfits and nier raids, modern RL clothing next to boss gimp suits, and nobody bats an eye lol
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