Last December, I talked briefly about Cartoon Network’s MMO, Fusion Fall. For the fact that Cartoon Network boasted seven million registered players, I noted that the line between registered and active was thick, in the case of public relations, thick enough that if a company is showing off registered users compared to active users, all signs point towards the active population not being as high as they would like. Take Runescape for instance, that has over one hundred million accounts created, but approximately six million active, over one million of those being paying members. Active users are always a fraction of the total accounts even on free to play games because, if what Dungeon Runners told us is any indication, a sizable number don’t even finish downloading the game before they quit.
Since I’ve posted that article up, I’ve had people asking the same question: When exactly is Free Realms going free to play, and up until now I haven’t been able to give much of an answer other than “beats me.” Although the announcement was made back in November, there has been a Duke Nukem style of “when it’s done” coming from the Fusion Fall development team. According to Massively, however, the date will be April 19th, when all of Fusion Fall opens up for free.
Fusion Fall is a fun game that, sadly, advertised to an age group that does not have the resources nor the means (for the most part) to pay for monthly fees, even if they are only five dollars. How Fusion Fall expects to fund itself is unclear at this time, but I would not be surprised to see in-game advertising as part of the deal.
More on Fusion Fall as it appears.
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