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Respawn Entertainments CEO, Vince Zampella, recently did an interview with GameInformer where he shared some of his thoughts on game development and the future of Respawn Entertainment. There’s still a lot of information coming out of that interview, one of which is their opinion on various ideas and it turns out they’re pretty open to change, including a free-to-play model.
GameInformer inquired about Vince’s interest in first-person shooters, and how he feels that they should be free-to-play because the model has a longer life-span. Vince replied stating: “You know I think it’s a valid business model that obviously works very well for some people. I think you have to approach the game with that business model in mind and build around it. We didn’t have that in mind, so for us it wouldn’t have made any sense. But not to dismiss the business model – it obviously works fantastically for a lot of people.”
GameInformer then asked Vince if they would consider free-to-play models or stick with AAA titles. Vince answered with the following:
“Honestly I would consider anything. When we start a new project we look at what the best setup would be for each game, each title. If we were to do a mobile game say, would it be more likely to be free-to-play? Probably. If we were to do something for the Asian market would it be more likely free-to-play? Probably. Here, I don’t think triple-A titles are going away any time soon. But I also don’t think free-to-play is going away any time soon. So I think it comes down to the idea, the game itself, and the design of what you have.”But fans of Titanfall will not have to worry. Vince has assured that Titanfall isn’t converting to a free-to-play model anytime soon.
“I would definitely consider a free-to-play game in the future, but that’s not necessarily where Titanfall is going right now. I don’t want to start a rumor that this next game is going to be free-to-play, but I think Titanfall is a triple-A brand right now and we intend to keep it that way for the short term.”
