[falcolas]

To me, this action speaks of the continued fall of Netflix. If their content can't support them with subscriptions, it probably won't support them with subscriptions plus intrusive brain worms, err, ads. This is a pattern seen all the time in gaming - a subscription service downgrades to F2P, then a vast majority of them go away.

The differences between the successes and failures comes down to content, not business models. And Netflix' content is very thin for my tastes.

[snapcaster]

haven't F2P games become so widespread because they're much _more_ profitable? I think you're letting your own opinions on this substitute for some kind of business analysis

[falcolas]

Note that specifically, I'm talking about games that have made the transition. Like WildStar, Rift, Warhammer Online, et.al.

Sure, F2P games (which are never just ad supported, mind you) can be wildly popular and profitable. But not all of them. For every exploitative success like Diablo Immortal, there are thousands of games which hit the app stores and quietly vanished.