

Firstly, if a game is not garnering the player base it needs to survive, publishers should make the game free-to-play so as to gather a diverse and larger player base.


And no, these additions do not give you an edge in battles these are mere cosmetic additions.Īs for the question of why certain games should go free to play. Secondly, in-game purchases the best example of this mechanism is the free-to-play battle royales, where players have the option to buy monthly passes to unlock more customizable content. First off, DLCs, just as Destiny 2’s DLCs are not free, if a player wishes to explore the free-to-play game or continue the campaign further by playing DLCs released at a later time from the game’s original release date, they will have to buy them. Well, there are a number of important factors for a publisher to make money from free-to-play games.
