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Free-to-play
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Free-to-play (F2P) refers to any videogame that has an option of allowing its players to play without paying. Some of these games have both a free version and a Pay-to-play version that offers the full version of the game and all of the updates.
Many game developers keep a free-to-play version running so people can try out their game before paying the membership costs. It also helps in that the game may receive higher ratings, attracting more people to it. Other developers, for example softnyx, generate revenue by selling in-game items that significantly enhance the player's in-game experience.
The term free-forever game is used to distinguish MMOGs that promise to never charge a monthly fee from those that are currently free-to-play but may become pay-to-play in the future. It applies only to MMOGs because while a conventional freeware game becomes free-forever as soon as it is downloaded into a player's hard drive, a free MMOG may start charging a fee and instantly transform into a pay-to-play game. Others conduct free-to-play services as for gaming to be substantially alive but charging through other means, as for in-game items and money.
There are many games with free-to-play versions, for example, Runescape.
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