Notch’s next game is taking some heat from gamers over a monthly subscription. Markus Persson’s new game is called 0x10c and it will be set in space (previously called Mars Effect as an April Fools). However, one statement in the description caught everyone’s eye:
The cost of the game is still undecided, but it’s likely there will be a monthly fee for joining the Multiverse as we are going to emulate all computers and physics even when players aren’t logged in. Single player won’t have any recurring fees.
While nothing is set in stone, it seems that the online portion of the game will “likely” require a monthly fee. As you can imagine this caused some gamers to get upset and some individuals questioned him about a possible Free to Play model (F2P) instead. Unfortunately for those anxious to see that sort of model taken into consideration, Notch was quick to shutdown the possibility of a F2P model when he called it a scam.
@KiiLLBOT f2p is a scam.
However, with that aside the game is looking rather interesting. He made his own processor specification sheet for the DCPU-16 and users that have worked with assembly language will feel right at home on that page. Here is a list of what to expect from the official 0x10C website:
-Hard science fiction.
-Lots of engineering.
-Fully working computer system.
-Space battles against the AI or other players.
-Abandoned ships full of loot.
-Duct tape!
-Seamlessly landing on planets.
-Advanced economy system.
-Random encounters.
-Mining, trading, and looting.
-Single and multi player connected via the multiverse.The computer in the game is a fully functioning emulated 16 bit CPU that can be used to control your entire ship, or just to play games on while waiting for a large mining operation to finish.
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Why would people complain? It has servers and it seems centralized. That usually has subscriptions… F2P isn’t something that always works and even if it did, it’s up to the developer.
MY guess is that most of the complaints are from Minecraft users that are interested and they probably didn’t expect the next game to require a monthly fee like this. I personally, don’t like subscriptions either, but you are right if he has servers planned it does make some sense. However, I think that F2P can work, and if it is done right it isn’t really a scam. So I don’t necessarily agree with him generalizing it like that.
I often hate F2P. I’d rather pay and have everything.
Yeah, it depends on the game. As long as the majority of the things you pay for are cosmetic it isn’t too bad. I know in Vindictus it’s mostly cosmetic, but you can pay for a little extra experience, which IMO, isn’t necessarily game breaking. They did have paid tokens at one point, but the community backlash got them to change it. So, it really depends on how the company implements the system for its users. F2P can work, still be profitable, and not rip people off if it’s done right. But, don’t get me wrong, there are cases that it falls apart like you are saying.
This is especially true in League of Legends’ F2P model.
Yeah but it’s often, you don’t have to pay to unlock this class/character, you can also unlock him through gameplay. But it will take 100’s of hours to do so which pisses me off really.
Tribes is a good example of this, so is LoL. Makes me glad to know that if DOTA 2 is F2P Icefrog has said all heroes will always be available. It’s to important for the meta game.
i always wanted to pay monthly for a emulated 16bit CPU
oh god its so down right stupid its making me angry
The thing is that in LOL you aren’t really forced into buying anything. It’s all cosmetic. In anything MMO the results of buying stuff are seriously amazing.
Which is why gold farming has been going well since forever….
I am not saying it’s a scam but in most permanent online/mmo stuff it’s usually made in a way that paying is your only option if you want your sanity.