Lokasenna
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Joined: 3/3/2012 From: Iowan in MD/DC Status: offline
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I look at freemium games, if done correctly, as "pay what you want." The much-maligned "freemium" games are actually Pay To Win, not freemium. With true freemium games, you can pay a little bit here and there, and as long as you are OK with spending your money in such a fashion, it's no big deal. For context, I've spent somewhere around $60 US on Warships since July. I probably won't spend much more on it. But $60 is about what I'd spend at full price for any big ticket game, so is that unreasonable? I don't think so. Same thing with the other freemium I play, League of Legends. Since May 2009, I've probably spent $150 US on it, but the amount of time I've spent mostly-enjoying that game compared to the amount of gaming time I'd get out of a similar amount of money spent on other titles... it still compares favorably to me. It's just all about how you want to spend your money. If it isn't worth it to you to spend money on the game, then don't - you don't need to in this case. The real-money items that you can get in Warships are marginal upgrades to the existing free versions. They won't win or lose you the game in most circumstances.
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