ngmoco buys freeverse

[Ron]

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I personally like games from both outfits. Motochaser was one of the first apps I purchased and I still have a number of their offerings loaded on my iTouch. I also enjoy Eliminate, Touchpets, etc. from Ngmoco. To date, the freemium model that ngmoco is going with has not interfered too much with my gameplay but I think I may miss the old freeverse if they, too, go "freemium". It would be nice if they keep both companies independent of each other in games and pricing structure. Any thoughts?

[Thunderclaw]

Jeez, do we follow the same people?

I like both companies, ngmoco (in my opinion) being the finer one of the two. They paid $25 million for Freeverse.
I like the freemium models, they seem to work well. Although I think some games wouldn't work with the model anyway.
Freeverse is still planning on making their own games under ngmoco's banner.

[Ron]

Jeez, do we follow the same people?

LOL- Sounds like it. You have excellent taste...

[Thunderclaw]

An interview by TouchArcade can be found here:
http://toucharcade.com/2010/02/22/ng...reemium-model/

Apparently most of the games will become freemiums in the future.