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Guild Wars 2 to Have Cash Shop |
Listed in: News Tags: ArenaNet, Blizzard, Guild Wars 2, NCsoft, World of Warcraft
Guild Wars 2, like its predecessor, will always be free-to-play. This simple model has worked well for NCSoft and ArenaNet, with the game holding a passionate fan following in spite of some of the (arguably) more superior MMOs on the market. Giving your players license to play the game without the need for a monthly subscription is a powerful motivator, especially for recruiting new people.
At the recent Eurogamer Expo, ArenaNet confirmed that Guild Wars 2 would remain free-to-play, staying true to the roots of the original. However, Colin Johanson, one of the game’s designers, also confirmed that there would be a cash shop available to players that wish to trade their real-life dollars into in-game items.
Johanson tempered the announcement by promising not to sell any items that enhance your character or make him more powerful than players that opt not to spend their hard earned cash:
"We like to do the - we like to call it the Is it Evil? test. Every micro-transaction that we do in the game, we have everyone in the company look at it and say Is it Evil? Is it really something we should be selling?"
Selling cosmetic items has certainly worked well for World of Warcraft, which has recently legitimized gold buying by offering a tradeable in-game pet for $10 actual moneydollars. If Guild Wars 2 can walk the line between exclusive content and character advantage well, they may find the addition of the store quite profitable with little to no backlash from the player community.
The concept of for-cash item exclusives certainly isn’t new to gaming, but one does have to recognize that it takes away the allure of certain items. When you see a character that has obviously dropped real-life cash on an in-game item, there’s no real sense of envy as compared to how you feel when someone has an exceptionally rare item.
What do you think about cash shop items? Cool bonuses or sneaky cash grabs?
Via MMOSite
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