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    Default Archeage Business Model Fails in Korea

    http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...ng-archeage-p/

    Is XLGAMES in trouble? There's a rumor coming out of Korea that may indicate as much, according to MMO Culture. The website says that XL is preparing for a round of restructuring "after ArcheAge did not meet financial expectations in the Korean market after the massive outlay for its development."

    The fantasy sandpark title has been in development since 2006 and debuted with a subscription business model before going free-to-play. ArcheAge still has not launched in the West, and publisher Trion remains mum on any sort of release date.


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    Well, all I can say is that - while Archeage is certainly a great game - it did disappoint me quite a bit when I played it on the korean servers. So I can't say I'm that surprised. But yeah, it's still sad that it doesn't seem to do that well :/

    MMOs nowadays seem to have it pretty hard, even korean AAA titles like Archeage :o

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    Quote Originally Posted by xDrac View Post
    Well, all I can say is that - while Archeage is certainly a great game - it did disappoint me quite a bit when I played it on the korean servers. So I can't say I'm that surprised. But yeah, it's still sad that it doesn't seem to do that well :/

    MMOs nowadays seem to have it pretty hard, even korean AAA titles like Archeage :o
    It's all the competition IMO.

    Top 10 most played in Korea right now:


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    if they want to stay alive need to add cash shop and add fashion clothes and item buy for your land lol. they cant stay p2p model that just lose more money

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    It could be successful in NA though. D&F is still one of the most popular games in KR yet it failed overseas. Of course... publishers are to blame in some cases.

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    Please note though. A game success varies from country to country.

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    Its a freemium.
    Worse than f2p, worse than p2p.

    Either do full p2p (cash shop exists anyway) or go FULL f2p with cash shop.
    Their only option is to drop that gay model and go fully f2p. A big reason why im not touching the game anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airsyk View Post
    Top 10 most played in Korea right now:

    How did Aion fall so much, and why is SC2 not up there? Good to see that my favorite game is #1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phenoca View Post
    How did Aion fall so much, and why is SC2 not up there? Good to see that my favorite game is #1.
    1. SC2 Esports scene has been dying out for over a year now thanks to League
    2. Blizzard keeps changing and rebalancing the game mechanics, especially with the hots changes, pissed off a lot of the korean players so they went back to the original game.

    Also Fifa is popular in every country other than the US/Canada, especially the games. And Koreans and Japanese both seem to really really like Sudden Attack, I have no idea why but if you go to the Nico Nico streams the majority of the game streams are SA ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharki3ait View Post
    Freemium's my favorite. People like P2P because they get the full features with little to no cash shop depenence right? Well it's the same thing except they let people play in there for free if they want a bit of the experience. I love it that way.
    I agree, although if a company can set up a GOOD F2P model then I'd be fine with that. Aion NA for example has a good F2P model, although they recently introduced a few Freemium packs for 30 day boosts. Still, the model is working very well and you can experience 100% of the features without having to pay a dime. The 30 day boosts are only for a small kinah drop boost, and a few LV 65 dungeon cooldown reductions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airsyk View Post
    It's all the competition IMO.

    Top 10 most played in Korea right now:

    I've seen this list often, and I've been telling people AION is ridiculously popular in korea, as well as B&S.
    Thus the hype I have for them. I mean a year has passed since B&S came out and it's still p2p/popular in Korea

    I've also said that Arche wasn't going to be great. But that was my opinion.
    Glad to see my hype train won't have to die down for my most anticipated games.
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    Free with premium system is by far the best. It has all the benefits of p2p but it also allows you to play a good amount of the content to actually get to a point where you want to pay to play for the rest. I have bought never played a pure p2p game longer than the free month you get with buying but.. I have had probably 30-40 months being premium account in Tibia and at least 10-15 in runescape.. not sure what that means but it means something.

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