Garry's Mod Going F2P?

[John Elam]

I feel that if it is made a F2P that you would still have to buy all of the other shit like CSS and HL2, so gmod going F2P yes would be a bad thing BUT would be good for money to other games.

[Phoenixf129]

£0.99 per toybox spawn entitiy. lmao

I do hope not.

[chinatown]

Well thank god not, I worked really hard to buy the damn game. All those hours spent on those GPT sites..

[MadDog986]

If anything i could see allowing developers to charge for addons and garry get a cut of the profit.

[lorde banana]

[QUOTE=MadDog986;35240595]If anything i could see allowing developers to charge for addons and garry get a cut of the profit.[/QUOTE]

it's one thing to charge for an entire gamemode, it's another to charge for a freaking admin mod

[Toyokunari]

if making it free to play meant free to play, everything should be alight.

[alexojm]

[QUOTE=MadDog986;35240595]If anything i could see allowing developers to charge for addons and garry get a cut of the profit.[/QUOTE]

I have often though it would be nice to make money from my models but in reality it is a bad idea and would only drive players away.

The only thing that would work is to have a subscription service for premium stuff but even that is a terrible idea I would never want.

[uncaer9]

If Garry's Mod 13 comes out he could make previous version F2P.

[editline]22nd March 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=alexojm;35246748]I have often though it would be nice to make money from my models but in reality it is a bad idea and would only drive players away.

The only thing that would work is to have a subscription service for premium stuff but even that is a terrible idea I would never want.[/QUOTE]

There would be a lot of free addons like now and you could get a lot of new better stuff, so why not?

[viperfan7]

[QUOTE=garry;35201698]TF2 makes more money now it's F2P. Plus Garry's Mod has sold 1.5 million units - I'll be OK if it stops selling :)

But I wasn't talking about Garry's Mod - It was a question I was wondering about.[/QUOTE]

just wondering, but how much money does valve take from the sale price?

[Death_God]

it's not going f2p

even if it did what the hell will the players who paid for it get?

[Jackpody]

[QUOTE=Death_God;35247502]it's not going f2p

[b]even if it did what the hell will the players who paid for it get?[/b][/QUOTE]

That's exactly the thing I don't like when retail games goes F2P - people whine over it using 9.99$ years ago and still expect to get something if the thing suddenly goes free. You get the status of having been able to play the game since 2006 or whenever you bought it. You don't get some fancy hat like in TF2 when that went F2P, you get to have been able to play the game for 6 more years than the F2P'ers.

[bucketofshrimp]

[QUOTE=viperfan7;35247478]just wondering, but how much money does valve take from the sale price?[/QUOTE]

Valve gest half of what garry makes

[viperfan7]

[QUOTE=bucketofshrimp;35247853]Valve gest half of what garry makes[/QUOTE]

hmm, good deal for both sides if you ask me

[IceFire]

so many things going F2P...

[Blazyd]

[QUOTE=Death_God;35247502]it's not going f2p

even if it did what the hell will the players who paid for it get?[/QUOTE]

Well in TF2 the people who payed for the game got a "Proof of Purchase" hat.

[Pantho]

[QUOTE=viperfan7;35247478]just wondering, but how much money does valve take from the sale price?[/QUOTE]

I know it's fairly high.

[MikeRaza]

I strongly agree with Death_God, In previous TF2, players who didn't buy the game, couldn't craft, trade( I think) Etc..

What would garry remove from F2P players?
Multiplayer? No. Why?!?! Cause Garry's mod was made to play Multiplayer.

And, If it goes F2P but the previous version, Alot of servers will get confussed due to they wouldn't know how many players are choosing which. So yes, I bet he was meaning for TF2.

[Pantho]

[QUOTE=MikeRaza;35259426]I strongly agree with Death_God, In previous TF2, players who didn't buy the game, couldn't craft, trade( I think) Etc..

What would garry remove from F2P players?
Multiplayer? No. Why?!?! Cause Garry's mod was made to play Multiplayer.

And, If it goes F2P but the previous version, Alot of servers will get confussed due to they wouldn't know how many players are choosing which. So yes, I bet he was meaning for TF2.[/QUOTE]

Or one of the 500 games that go F2P weekly...

[MikeRaza]

[QUOTE=Pantho;35259460]Or one of the 500 games that go F2P weekly...[/QUOTE]

Name me 5 games that went f2p this week...?

[Pantho]

[QUOTE=MikeRaza;35259506]Name me 5 games that went f2p this week...?[/QUOTE]

People exaggerate, but if we include indie games could probably google up 5. My point was there are a plethora of games that went F2P since TF2.

[RyanH]

I really hope GMod doesn't Go F2P, I'd like to see Garry get more sales before. (If he ever changes his mind to) Make it free2play.

[Gromitooth]

[QUOTE=Blazyd;35258782]Well in TF2 the people who payed for the game got a "Proof of Purchase" hat.[/QUOTE]

Because 1 hat compensates for our money in the Hat collecting simulator called TF2.

[Night]

I do not approve. I believe we've got enough Mingebags already. Anyway that's just my opinion.

[Toyokunari]

I approve, I believe we don't have enough good players already; more is better, plus more players in servers means more fun! x20000000

[wearing9]

If it was made F2P, Garry would just be asking for more Hacks to be made and more SethHack users.

[Sanya_Zol]

If gmod will become F2P, there should be only one restriction (that can be avoided with $10)
[img_thumb]http://zol.ipurl.ru/-tmp-/sv_allowmingebags.png[/img_thumb]

[lorde banana]

how do you expect the game to know who a minge bag is

garry already said it wasn't about GMod

[Sanya_Zol]

[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;35271886]how do you expect the game to know who a minge bag is

garry already said it wasn't about GMod[/QUOTE]

[B]Don't take it so serious.[/B]

The idea is, there will be no restrictions for free players, except one:
They can't connect to "sv_allowmingebags 0" servers

So, if you don't want new players (who didn't paid $10) to join your server, just type "sv_allowmingebags 0" - i know, that's what every experienced player wanted.
However, if you're making server for new players - type "sv_newfags 1" - and new players will see your server in "Recommended for new players"

[quote]
This server is protected by 10$
Playing free version of GMod will result an instant kick
[/quote]

[B]Again, don't take it so serious[/B]

[Neo Kabuto]

[QUOTE=Sanya_Zol;35271360]If gmod will become F2P, there should be only one restriction (that can be avoided with $10)
[img_thumb]http://zol.ipurl.ru/-tmp-/sv_allowmingebags.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Jeez, how many things do you have open?

Also, I think setting it up like that (restricting servers to F2Pers) is not a great idea, since it'll be more likely to make them stop playing than start paying.

[Sanya_Zol]

[QUOTE=Neo Kabuto;35279472]Jeez, how many things do you have open?[/QUOTE]
My pc is on around the clock, so why do i have to close applications

[QUOTE=Neo Kabuto;35279472]Also, I think setting it up like that (restricting servers to F2Pers) is not a great idea, since it'll be more likely to make them stop playing than start paying.[/QUOTE]
You forgot about one [B]important consequence of F2P[/B]: easy account creation.
When HL2 deathmatch was free for nvidia&ati users, servers was filled with cheaters, because you can easily create new account and get another copy of HL2DM.
So, if you're got banned from any gmod server, you have to pay another $10+ to join this server again.
But if you got banned from F2P game, you can create another steam account and join this server again and again.