Crytek to Go Free-to-Play after Crysis 3

By Brian P Rubin | 11 June 2012 | 7 Comments

A post on VideoGamer reveals that Crytek plans on going exclusively free-to-play after next year’s release of Crysis 3. According to the interview with Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli, the company views free-to-play as the gaming model of the future. The problem with the current retail model, says Yerli, is that DLC and subscription services are “milking customers to death.”

The first step in Crytek’s solution will be multiplayer first-person-shooter Warface, the first free-to-play game the company will produce. Said Yerli on the subject:

“As we were developing console games we knew, very clearly, that the future is online and free-to-play. Right now we are in the transitional phase of our company, transitioning from packaged goods games into an entirely free-to-play experience. What this entails is that our future, all the new games that we’re working on, as well new projects, new platforms and technologies, are designed around free-to-play and online, with the highest quality development.”

Yerli notes that the company still plans on investing in games with $10 to $30 million budgets, but with a “$0 entry,” ensuring no compromises in quality for gamers.

What do you think? I checked out Adam Kovic’s E3 interview with the guys putting out Dust 514, and that free-to-play PS3 FPS looks pretty sweet to me. If games come out with such deep gameplay and solid experiences as that, then yeah, free-to-play definitely can work. What do you think?

Via VideoGamer

7 Comments

Posted by Mugenite on 11 June 12 at 2:29pm

I’m afraid… The only way F2P can survive is by making ridiculous incentives to buy ridiculous virtual content. Imagine the concept of being required to buy ammunition in order to shoot in a F2P FPS… Damn…
- Posted by sigmapsicharlie on 11 June 12 at 2:58pm
  
  F2P is a great idea. Microtransactions are great since most people don’t really want to pay $60 for a game they won’t play for more then 2weeks, but they have to because they at least want to try it out. Then once you get into the game you will find your self paying for new weapons and shot before you know it. Whether you spend $5 or $20 at a time is will always be less than the big one time $60 purchase. I bet they make more money with this model than they will with the current retail setup.
Posted by Aeph on 12 June 12 at 8:44am

I really don’t like the f2p model, but warface is really, really good, so I trust that crytek can do it well.
Posted by Jack on 12 June 12 at 8:48am

Tribes: Ascend proved to me that F2P games can work and be great games in their own right.
Posted by dave on 12 June 12 at 9:33am

cool
Posted by AeroclawZX on 12 June 12 at 10:41am

You spelled Crysis wrong.

http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2012/06/11/crytek-to-go-free-to-play-after-cyrsis-3/#comment-213513
Posted by MouseCatcher on 13 July 12 at 5:20pm

Announcing free 2 play is great for the fans and I read a little bit of rumors about that on other “big” forums, but there are rumors like here too : http://crysis3game.com/a-lot-of-rumors-lately-we-thought-we-should-share/
which still nobody knows if it’s true… :/