Uncharted 3 Multiplayer going free to play?

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It seems the competitive world of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is expanding to the realm of free-to-play.

According to a post on the official PlayStation Blog detailing upcoming PSN releases, a heading revealed the multiplayer component of the latest Uncharted title would be free-to-play; information found under the apt heading "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Multiplayer (Free to Play)."

No further details were revealed and the section has since been removed from the official PlayStation blog's post. In a year-end post on Naughty Dog's official blog, the company promised "very exciting information about multiplayer" was coming in 2013.

Joystiq has contacted Sony for comment and will update this story as more information becomes available.
Rumor: Uncharted 3 multiplayer going free-to-play | Joystiq
 

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:whew:

I've been playing the hell out of the UC2 MP and thought about getting UC3 (traded it in a while back) again to play the multiplayer. Now that this news has come out I'll just wait.
 

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Not surprising they been trying to micro transaction the multi for some time now
 

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why not just purchase u3 and get the game and multi

Very simple answer sir, because this is the future of gaming.
Sony and Microsoft is heading to Direct Downloads aka Digital everything
Once that becomes reality which they expect before this new gen is up.
The question then becomes what makes sense. Not everyone is gonna want to buy a digital copy as you can hear on this website.
But what they'll do is offer pieces of games online for free. You can't turn down free shyt :hula:
Then going strictly digital will make sense. Gamers can get what they want for free, then pay a little more for extra levels/etc.

This game, and you can already play Killzone 3 online for free (yet nobody gave a fukk :bryan: )

Xbox has Happy Wars, but that is known to be the first of MANY new free to play games.
Microsoft continues Xbox 360 free-to-play experiments with new Full House Poker game • News • Xbox 360 • Eurogamer.net

I can't find the article, but it was saying how both companies will HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE in the near future because othewise too many expensive games will kill off a company. They feel with them being free, more ppl will try which leads to more potential buyers!!! :hula:
 

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This means that if you don't want to play the single player (or even if you're done with it and wnat to sell it) you can play the U3 multiplayer without owning a U3 disc. The multiplayer itself would be free for anyone. Then they'll hit you with microtransactions tho.
 

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This means that if you don't want to play the single player (or even if you're done with it and wnat to sell it) you can play the U3 multiplayer without owning a U3 disc. The multiplayer itself would be free for anyone. Then they'll hit you with microtransactions tho.
And while it sounds all good and dandy, those "microtransactions" will be shyt like leveling up maybe? At least weapon upgrades, new weapons?
You gonna have to pay for that. The issue I see with this is how you gonna learn what type of gun you like using unless you have to buy it first?
And will I have to pay for shyt like attachments?
nikkaz with no money will plot on dropped weapons, that sounds fun honestly :manny:
But not ideal of course...
 

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And while it sounds all good and dandy, those "microtransactions" will be shyt like leveling up maybe? At least weapon upgrades, new weapons?
You gonna have to pay for that. The issue I see with this is how you gonna learn what type of gun you like using unless you have to buy it first?
And will I have to pay for shyt like attachments?
nikkaz with no money will plot on dropped weapons, that sounds fun honestly :manny:
But not ideal of course...
No idea. Different games handle it differently. Some do it well and others are shady and most are somewhere in between. Not sure where this falls but I'll try it out and see. When I'm not playing Anarchy Reigns and MGR at least.
 

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it comes out today(going by the PS Blog).

i'll obviously download. if its like Killzone 3 when it went FTP, great(one time fee to unlock everything) microtransactions tho... depends on whats locked.

still gonna download tonight.
 
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