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Originally Posted by gonk
Hmm... lets see... It cost $90 bucks for a Hard Copy.... or $90 bucks for a Digital copy.... and they lose money for digital version... when there is not loss of stock , transport fees , 3rd party sellers...etc
... So they do this for the joy of giving..
Ubisoft is Santa.... I can smell a little BS here...( yes...I read the story... the BS remark is not at you WTE_Galway.... thx for the link)
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Well to be fair the "digital" games they are referring to are the free to play MMP online facebook style games like Evony, Mafia Wars etc. In these games whilst you can play for free, the special "items" etc you need to get ahead only pop up rarely and they make their money by selling players these special items.
The CoD equivalent would be if the game was free to download and play online but access to better aircraft etc needed to be unlocked by collecting "medals".
The "medals" would randomly popup occasionally after an air to air victory online (maybe once in 10 or 20 kills) but you might need to play for a month or two to get enough to get a Spitfire (you start with only the Gladiator). However all is not lost as the kindly developers have been considerate enough to offer you a medal pack for only $20 allowing you to get a more competitive plane straight away. Of course medals bought cannot be transferred between servers.
Eventually even though the games are "free to play" you spend more than buying a game outright to remain competitive.