Games can be free to play, why can't movies be?

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If cinema's had free movies, they'd always be packed.

[Great Rumbler]

No.

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[Barry Egan]

I don't want homeless derelicts shitting and screaming obscenities during my viewing of the next Coen Brothers venture, thanks 

[archie4208]

Free2Play games have a business model that depends on obsessive nerds spending hundreds of dollars on virtual hats and skins to counterbalance the freeloaders.  I don't think movie theaters can depend on fat people buying a ton of popcorn and candy at the concession stand.

[Diunx]

They already are

[T-Short]

Free2Play games have a business model that depends on obsessive nerds spending hundreds of dollars on virtual hats and skins to counterbalance the freeloaders.  I don't think movie theaters can depend on fat people buying a ton of popcorn and candy at the concession stand.

Movie theaters can, but bloated studios can't. huahuahua

[Mupepe]

There are movies that are free watch just like there are games that are free to play.  The quality is about the same too.  Mostly crap with a few gems.

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I dunno Mups, free to play games are moving into quality territory now. Like they are proper games.

I'm just trying to think out of the box here.

Free2Play games have a business model that depends on obsessive nerds spending hundreds of dollars on virtual hats and skins to counterbalance the freeloaders.  I don't think movie theaters can depend on fat people buying a ton of popcorn and candy at the concession stand.

Movie theaters can, but bloated studios can't. huahuahua

Good point.

Free movies once they get out of theaters then? But... what would be the micro transaction then?

[Mupepe]

point me in the direction.  Not being facetious.  I gave up on free games long ago and haven't looked back.  I hated them.

[Joe Molotov]

I downloaded and played a little Puzzle Pirates. It's pretty much on par with that public domain copy of Zontar: The Thing From Venus I downloaded from Archive.org.

[archie4208]

Team Fortress 2
League of Legends (Kinda.  The game itself is good, but the prices and feature set are abysmal)

Probably the two best F2P games on the market.

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Lotro (if you like MMO's).

I think there is tons more coming too.

[demi]

F2P games are a scam and you are a dope for getting into them.

[Himu]

what do you think indie films are? like that portal short film that came out the other week? that's the equivalent of a f2p game, once again proving that film > games

[Diunx]

It all comes down to taste, I suppose. I played the hell out of Gunbound in it's early days

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F2P games are a scam and you are a dope for getting into them.

Well I guess it depends if the free part is really a full game with no BS.

[recursivelyenumerable]

"free" on the internet usually means "you are not the customer, you are the product being sold". just sayin'