Free-to-play games may be somewhat new to consoles, but there’s no question that they’re picking up in popularity.
During this past week’s Game Developers Conference, Sony held a panel to discuss the growth of F2P games on its PlayStation platforms. According to the company, revenues from such titles have increased by 50 percent year-over-year, and that’s coming from a small amount of the business model’s potential.
Games such as Dust 514, Warframe and DC Universe Online have done big business on these systems, and others are on the way, including console versions of EverQuest Next and the highly popular Planetside 2.
The PlayStation 3 has a more developed eco-system when it comes to the F2P market, but the PS4 market is also growing, and shows a lot of potential for the coming year, according to the company.
Source: VentureBeat
