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Most free-to-play games survive on “micro-transactions,” that is, while the game itself is free to download and play to a certain degree, you’ll have to pay real money for in-game benefits like higher levels, better items, or unlocked areas and content. Those types of games haven’t been available on the Xbox before, but a new report says they may be coming soon and developers are testing a way to bring free-to-play games to Xbox and Xbox Live.
It was only last week that Steam opened up to free-to-play games, and only today news broke that Valve’s Team Fortress 2 is now free-to-play as well. While formal support on the Xbox is still a ways away, it’s clear there’s a major shift towards free-to-play gaming coming. Develop is reporting that Microsoft has approached several developers of free-to-play games, asking them to bring their games to the Xbox.
