Article - Almost all mainstream developers will go down the freemium route

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Originally Posted by bramblett05

Thank you so much. Eli was blaming us the consumers for real racing 3's fiasco when like you said games going free left and right. I'm sure these next years are gonna test freemeium so more are gonna be free this year then last. Blame the simpsons tapped out that's my answer.

But RR3's main problem is wait timers, not freemium issues. Also, the problems started when EA bought Firemonkeys. Both of these gripes have nothing to do with freemium.