The Agency: No Monthly Fees, Ads Instead
In a recent interview, Sony Online Entertainment Kevin O’Hara cleared the air and said the upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online game The Agency will not use a traditional monthly fee model but will instead rely on in game advertising and micro-transactions.
“We’re acutely aware that shooter players are not used to paying monthly fees, so I doubt we’ll go for an outright $15 a month, which works on some of our other projects. So we’re checking out Free Realms to see how they’re going to do with their micro-transactions, and we might incorporate some of that. We’ll definitely have some ad revenue models. The Agency’s the perfect place for some in-game product placement,” O’Hara said in the interview.
What do you think of in game ads? Would you rather see a monthly fee? Or a choice – no ads + fee or play free with ads? Let us know your thoughts below.
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I’m all for the ads, so long as they don’t interfere with actual gameplay. The world is full of advertising anyway – so a few coke machines / sony tv’s / Dell billboards will only make the game more immersive.
tHIS GAME LOOKS VERY GOOD, AND WAS PLANNING ON PICKING IT UP, THAT IS UNTIL I HEARD IT WAS GOING TO BE MONTHKLY PAYMENTS TO PLAY… IF PUTTING ADS IN THE GAME WILL MAKE THE FEE DISAPEAR IM ALL FOR IT…….
I have played just about any Free and Pay for MMO that has ever been created, well atleast when I was old enough to play. I find it actually fun when you see a brand you know in real life in a game, it seems to make it more in-depth and truly realistic, like blowing the shit out of a coke machine, because in real life it just scammed your dollar. Anyway, I don’t mind micro-payments, but I personally would prefer no Monthly Fee if it can be prevented, but I REALLY do suggest to the developers that making a “premium members” option for those who pay is stupid, worthless, and pisses anybody who’s not one off.