????打造了《孤島驚魂》（Far Cry）和《孤島危機》（Crysis）系列的德國游戲開發商Crytek公司推出了采用免費游戲模式、具有游戲機品質的游戲，比如現代軍事射擊游戲《戰爭前線》。公司CEO賽瓦特?耶里認為，免費游戲的質量將在3年內媲美游戲機游戲。Crytek公司將G-Face平臺上發布《戰爭前線》。這個新平臺將支持很多新游戲，包括來自其他開發商的游戲。

????“今后5年，硬核游戲將走向社交化，其中大多數將是免費游戲，”耶里說。“以后我們所有的網絡游戲都將作為社交硬核游戲來開發。我們將向其他想要發布免費游戲的開發商開放G-Face平臺。”

????索尼PS3已經支持了免費游戲，比如CCP Games公司的太空射擊游戲《DUST 514》以及索尼在線娛樂公司的《DC Universe Online》和《Free Realms》。索尼還向獨立開放商提供了支持，比如僵尸工作室的PS4次時代免費射擊游戲《黑光：懲罰》（Blacklight: Retribution）。預計索尼和微軟（Microsoft）將在E3游戲展上發布其他的次時代游戲。

????帕切特說，傳統的游戲機游戲不會消失，但向免費游戲模式的轉變毋庸置疑，越來越多的游戲開發商更加賣力地為這個新興領域開發高品質的游戲。一旦玩家可以選擇免費玩他們喜歡的游戲還是花費60美元獲得類似的體驗，這種轉變的影響將改變所有人的游戲體驗。（財富中文網）

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????Crytek, the German developer that originated game franchises like Far Cry and Crysis, is embracing F2P with console-quality games like the modern military shooter, Warface. CevatYerli, CEO and president of Crytek, believes within three years F2P will rival the console games space from a quality level. Crytek will launch Warface on G-Face, a new platform that will support many new games, including from other developers.

????"Over the next five years the core games are going to be social, and most of them will be F2P," said Yerli. "All of our IPs moving forward are being developed as social core games, and we're going to open the G-Face platform to other developers who want to launch F2P games."

????Sony has already supported F2P games like CCP Games' space shooter DUST 514 and SOE'sDC Universe Online and Free Realms on PS3. The game maker is supporting independent developers like Zombie Studios on PlayStation 4 with Blacklight: Retribution, a next-gen F2P shooter. At E3, additional next-gen games are expected to be announced by both Sony and Microsoft (MSFT).

????While Pachter said traditional console games aren't going away, there's definitely a pendulum shift towards F2P as more game makers develop deeper, quality titles for this emerging space. Once gamers are given a choice of playing for free or paying $60 for a similar experience in their favorite genres, the impact of this shift could change the game for everyone.