Global Agenda aun mas gratuito

Global Agenda mantenia un modelo de negocio similar al del Guild Wars, donde te compras el juego (siempre hay ofertas y nunca lo he visto por mas de 20€) y puedes jugar sin la necesidad de pagar cuotas.

Por supuesto tiene una tienda, aunque lo unico que hay medianamente interesante son los boosters, para subir mas rapido y tener mas loot.

Ahora han anunciado que con el parche 1.4 directamente el juego sera F2P, no siendo necesario ni comprar el juego para jugar.

Para ello, y del mismo modo que los juegos freemium, ahora puedes jugar gratis o comprar el juego, lo que convierte tu cuenta en una cuenta premium (agentes de elite lo llaman aqui).
Las diferencias en este caso son practicamente nulas, pero algunas hay.

Effective immediately, until the Free Agent expansion launches:

• Global Agenda is available for $19.99 (£13.99 GBP, €15.99 EUR)
• Upon release of the Free Agent expansion, any player who has purchased Global Agenda will automatically be upgraded to Elite Agent status

Below is a summary of the differences between Free and Elite versions of the game:
Free-to-Play

• No Level Restriction
• Ability to earn all of the game’s current items without spending real money.
• Access to all of the game’s current playable content, including:
  • Sonoran Desert Open Zone
  • Special Ops PvE (1- to 4-person Co-Op)
  • 10v10 Mercenary PvP
  • 4v4 Arena PvP
  • Double Agent PvPE
  • 10-person Defense Raids (including the new Dome Defense Mission coming in version 1.4).
  • Agency vs Agency Gameplay (AvA)

Elite Agent - One-time purchase of $19.99 (£13.99 GBP, €15.99 EUR)

• Earn End-of-Mission XP at twice the rate of a Free-to-Play user
• Earn End-of-Mission Credits and Tokens at twice the rate of a Free-Play user
• Earn End-of-Mission Elite Loot upon winning an instanced PvE or PvP match
• Choose which PvP game types you would like to play when queuing for Mercenary PvP.
• Access the Auction House
• Access In-Game Mail
• Less restrictive chat capabilities
• No ads for in-game voice
• Ability to create Agencies
• Higher Login priority

Both Free-to-Play and Elite Agent players can optionally purchase Boosters within the Global Agenda webstore.  For a timed period, Boosters will:

• Double XP, Tokens and Credits earned in Game
• Provide 2,000 tokens a day for free
• Provide an extra end-of-mission Boost Loot drop

10-day, 30-day, and 90-day boosters are available.  These are available today and will work no differently when the Free Agent release is launched.
Read more in the Free Agent FAQ.

En cualquier caso, si antes era barato jugar al Global Agenda ahora directamente no cuesta nada.
Lo que me sigo preguntando es como leches gana dinero esta gente Oo