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Brother SRM wrote:
Most MMOs aren't built around microtransactions, at least the free to play ones aren't. However, Relic has shown some success with the DLC packs for Dawn of War, or else they wouldn't have just released the Eldar one. Playing it online realtime with other players is just multiplayer gaming in general.

Existing ones no, but going forward yes they will be. Free to play but you will have to pay for more stuff to use in game, and this of course is a divisive issue - look at BF3 announcing you'd be able to purchase a better gun as a microtransaction.

Expect more of this kind of stuff as more content providers are looking at selling things digitally, and they are only to keen to get you to hand over real cash for bits and bytes to use in game - it's very easy money for them.

Aye, there's some truth to that. Many MMOs have been switching from subscription to F2P + microtransaction, and more have been talked about being released as such. It does seem to be a sort of trend.

Still curious to see what Relic plans in that regard. Paying again and again for the same stuff like in CoHO would suck, but I'd be perfectly fine with one-time-investments (a la DLC) that could incorporate such diverse things like wargear, characters, units, customization features, special map packs, or entire armies to unlock. Lots of potential in here.

That's how most popular F2P MMOs seem to be financed as well, anyhow. Seems to work just fine.

Considering CoHO was a failure I wouldn't see them adopting a F2P business model.

Not one like in CoHO, no - but perhaps like DDO or CO? Much more customer-friendly, and as such more reliable to generate a steady income.

I could see like in champions, yes.