Pay Less If You're a Nice Person: Valve's Freemium Model For DOTA 2

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 20, 2012 @07:50AM from the i-like-that-shirt-by-the-way dept.

Canazza writes "In a podcast interview with Seven Day Cooldown, summarized by Develop, Valve Boss Gabe Newell discusses the payment model for upcoming strategy game DOTA 2. 'The issue that we're struggling with quite a bit is something I've kind of talked about before, which is: how do you properly value people's contributions to a community? ... An example is – and this is something as an industry we should be doing better – is charging customers based on how much fun they are to play with. ... “So, in practice, a really likable person in our community should get DOTA 2 for free, because of past behavior in Team Fortress 2. Now, a real jerk that annoys everyone, they can still play, but a game is full price and they have to pay an extra hundred dollars if they want voice.'"

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Might have the opposite effect? by wamatt · 2012-04-20 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

"Dude I paid $100 bucks to be a jerk. Did you? No then STFU asshole."
personal pronouns are your friend by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-20 08:10 · Score: 3, Funny

Now, a real jerk that annoys everyone
"Who". A real jerk who annoys everyone.
-- a real jerk who annoys everyone
Re:Discrimination by Phasma+Felis · 2012-04-20 08:16 · Score: 3, Funny

Fun Fact! No law actually prohibits discriminating against jerks.
Re:More Importantly by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-20 08:22 · Score: 3, Funny

By the time some people can afford games

"NEWSFLASH! Stunning discovery made: poor people have less options! Film at 11."
Save up and pay full price for a few games to build a reputation. Duh.