They didn’t have a choice you see.
Gamigo is taking some heat this past week for the revelation that the Garden of the Gods expansion will cost money, a direct contradiction to Gamigo advertising ArcheAge Unchained as having no paid expansions. Well the good news is that Gamigo has a new explanation for why a feature they sold the game on is now no longer a thing.
The bad news is that the explanation isn’t a good one. Gamigo wasn’t making enough money from ArcheAge Unchained due to their mishandling of the game and now needs to make that up.
With ArcheAge: Unchained, the game moved away from monthly patron subscriptions, APEX, labor, tradeable marketplace items, and direct sales of progression items in the marketplace.
After Unchained was released, we experienced several shortcomings of the ArchePass system, which everyone is all too aware of at this point. Regrettably, the service did not fully recover from those early flaws. Still, we are committed to ensuring that Unchained operates with sustainability in mind.
Of course it didn’t. ArcheAge Unchained suffered from several shortcomings including Gamigo’s general unwillingness/inability to identify and punish cheaters, leading to the game not generating as much revenue as it might have. We should note that ArcheAge has already been the subject of one class action lawsuit over false advertising and reneging on previous promises to customers.
Source: ArcheAge
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