Tony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us nowwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1769arrow-down14
arrow-up1765arrow-down1external-linkPC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us nowwww.pcgamer.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squareGoumLeChat@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m old enough to have bought TF2. Played a little less than a thousand hours. Even counting a few in-game purchases, the cost per hour is very low. But free means no barrier, you can join anytime,m and stay if you like it. Your friends can try it out too.
minus-squarelogan_hero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago3/5 games from that list also launched as paid games, but gained majority of its players after becoming f2p. Yeah people love free stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
minus-squareOrygin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhich ones ? Apart from CSGO, the others have always been free (on the technicality that Fortnite BR is different from the original game)
I’m old enough to have bought TF2. Played a little less than a thousand hours. Even counting a few in-game purchases, the cost per hour is very low.
But free means no barrier, you can join anytime,m and stay if you like it. Your friends can try it out too.
3/5 games from that list also launched as paid games, but gained majority of its players after becoming f2p. Yeah people love free stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Which ones ? Apart from CSGO, the others have always been free (on the technicality that Fortnite BR is different from the original game)