<h1 id="free-to-play">Free to Play<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#free-to-play"></a></h1>
<ul>
<li>"for a free-to-play game to be successful, it needs to.. offer a balanced and fair gameplay experience, regardless of whether a player makes in-app purchases or not."</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="how-do-free-to-play-game-developers-make-money">How do free-to-play game developers make money?<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#how-do-free-to-play-game-developers-make-money"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>in-app purchase (often <a href="/wiki/notes/kpcowj6ykbzb6vhbgp21f3z">Pay to Win</a>)</li>
<li>advertising</li>
<li>subscriptions (additional content, characters, or other features)</li>
<li>paid DLC</li>
<li>sponsorship and licensing </li>
</ul>
<h2 id="pro">Pro<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#pro"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>increased reach/accessibility</li>
<li>lower barrier to entry</li>
<li>micro</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="references">References<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#references"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/how-do-free-to-play-games-make-money-766f7e3d8c8d">https://medium.com/illumination/how-do-free-to-play-games-make-money-766f7e3d8c8d</a></li>
</ul>

How do free-to-play game developers make money?

Free to Play

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Welcome! And beware!  

## Purpose

This vault is the "[[learning-in-public|ar.swyx.learn-in-public]]" part of my Second Brain. If you share some of my interests, please [reach out](https://djradon.github.io)! 

## Contents

- [[t]] my personal wikipedia
- [[idea]] (not necessarily mine)
- Resource Notes, including highlights, thoughts and metadata, for various things:
  - [[ar]] mostly articles, papers and web pages
  - [[book]]
  - [[community]]
  - [[course]]
  - [[event]]
  - [[game]]
  - [[loc]]
  - [[org]]
  - [[user]] 
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  - [[recipe]]
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- [[vs]]
- [[wanted]]
- Some "Metadata Notes":
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  - [[c]]: ways to categorize resources
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In terms of the [[t.km.zettelkasten]] method, this wiki is a commingling of literature notes with something @Sönke-Ahrens warned about: a "personal Wikipedia or a database" [^1]. 

In terms of [[t.tm.getting-things-done]], it's references, someday-maybe, next actions, and public projects.

## Beware!

This is a cluttered cupboard of jumbled jottings riddled with inaccuracies, confusion, and mistakes.

## What This Is Not

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  - e.g., [[ar.substack.carpe-noctem]]


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