Posted by David Eckelberry on February 28, 2010
About six months ago, I suggested we should check back later and see how DDO’s experiment with free-to-play has gone. The answer, according to Turbine’s current executive this week, is pretty well: The response from players to DDO Unlimited has been nothing short of phenomenal. We’ve known all along how great this game is and [...]
Posted by David Eckelberry on September 10, 2009
It was worth commenting on before, but time flies and here we are. DDO freeplay has gone live. Someday I should compose something of a personal postmortem on the game, but until then, we can talk about this development. Of course, by “free” it’s “freemium,” not absolutely free. There are ways – subscriptions and microtransactions [...]