There has been an increasing trend with online game developers as more and more head down the free to play route. Now one would assume that if the developers isn’t making any money that the game they have made is going to be of a terrible quality however that is entirely untrue. Obviously to continue to make and developer games and provide new updates, content, support and the like the companies need revenue however monthly subscriptions are not the only way to achieve revenue. Some developers use in game advertising with there free to play model whilst simultaneously offering an ad free subscription as well, and many times the in game advertising is very unobtrusive and doesn’t affect your game play at all.

The other major free to play business model is a form of micro continuity were by players play for free and also have access to an item shop filled with various items in which to enhance there game play. These item malls as they are generally called are most definitely optional and in most cases only offer vanity items to customize your characters appearance, they also almost never have items more powerful than those available to players who do not use the mall. With the advances in business models allowing these games to be offered to consumers for free and the advances in technology game developers can offer very high quality games with very good user experiences and they don’t even come with a $xx.xx monthly cost to boot! There are many free online games around on the net in almost every genre from MMOFPS to MMORPGS to online golfing games or even online racing games.

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