Paradox focusing on 500+ hour games, interested in free2play or free2play-esque hybrids | ResetEra
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GamesIndustry.biz said:Quote"If a game can't be played for 500 hours we probably shouldn't be publishing it - as a general rule," Jorjani said. "But we will still probably publish games with shorter play times, because Rome wasn't built in a day. If you want to make a Skyrim-type experience you can't start making that day one. You need something else first, and then you move on to that."Click to expand...Quote"If we look at the industry as a whole, the premium business model is shrinking, that part of the business is shrinking" Jorjani said, earlier in the conversation. "That doesn't mean that you can't drive or grow (within it) - we can probably do that for many more years - but as whole, our focus as a company is growth, and what's growing is free-to-play.Click to expand...Quote"We know that our games don't perhaps translate that well to free-to-play, so the interesting thing is where the convergence point is with the hybrid models we've seen; where there is a premium, starting price-point, but there are other ways to charge for content without upsetting everyone. That's the real challenge for the next five to ten years."Click to expand...Source: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...0-hours-we-probably-shouldnt-be-publishing-it
