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Forbes
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Amazon Has No 'Plans For Premium Expansions' In ‘Throne And Liberty'
Arena PvP combat in 'Throne and Liberty' After the surge of new players from the free Wilds of Talandre expansion, Throne and Liberty has managed to sustain some of that influx of players, but they're starting to taper off—at least on Steam. Amazon has not disclosed player numbers for other platforms like PlayStation and Xbox. But, just as you can expect for any free-to-play live service game that's very content-driven, lots of players come into the game to try the new content and then move onto other things for a while. The business model for Throne and Liberty is a very typical free-to-play format in which the game and all of its content are free to experience without an upfront cost or subscription price. However, there is a litany of optional cosmetics, convenience items, crafting materials, and other resources that you can purchase at any given time, in addition to multiple types of battle passes. You can technically play all of the content in Throne and Liberty without spending a dime, but many dedicated players end up paying for things like battle passes at the very least for the boosts and resources. Earlier this month, I reached out to Amazon Games to learn more about how the game's player base is faring and what the future holds for Throne and Liberty. Specifically, I wanted to know if there were plans to start charging for big content updates like future expansions. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder 'We love continuously improving the game, introducing exciting new features and modes, and delivering the best possible experience for our players,' globalization design manager Daniel 'Tico' Lafuente said in an email. 'We regularly survey our players and the feedback we've gathered so far has been overwhelmingly positive. Of course, with such a massive content update, there are always areas for improvement. We've addressed many of these concerns as quickly as possible and will continue to do so…Our goal is to be one of the best and fairest free-to-play MMOs on the market, and we're committed to continuing that approach as we move forward. As a result, we don't have any plans for 'premium' expansions at this time.' This stance of not charging for expansions and content updates in Throne and Liberty is consistent with Amazon's stance pre-launch, so it's encouraging to see that this plan has not changed.
Forbes
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘Throne And Liberty' Got A ‘Significant Influx' Of Players From Its Big Free Expansion
Nebula Island from the Wilds of Talandre expansion The massive Wilds of Talandre expansion for Throne and Liberty, the free-to-play MMORPG, maintains a consistent player count and sustained interest from fans of the genre since coming out on March 6. Throne and Liberty debuted in the West in October 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with full cross-play. In Throne and Liberty, you explore a land known as Solisium which is split up into various regions and islands. The majority of the game takes place across a large land mass with the lower left portion designated as the region of Laslan and the lower right region designated as Stonegard. Now, with the release of the Wilds of Talandre expansion, the explorable area of the game has nearly doubled. The Wilds of Talandre update opens the border north to allow you into the Talandre region, which encompasses the northern section of the main land mass. That's just the start, though. In addition to the new Talandre region, there's Nebula Island which debuted just a few weeks ago in an update after the main expansion was released, which is only accessible to max level 55 characters. It's a gnarly place. Players can only spend a maximum of five hours per week on this new island with several conflict zones mixing PvP encounters with PvE elements. It's a dangerous place, but the loot and rewards could make it all worth it. On top of all of that, this expansion increased the level cap from 50 to 55, expanded lifestyle content levels to 25, added solo dungeons, introduced a new 3-star tier of co-op group dungeons, totally revamped the weapon mastery progression system, and much more. That's a lot of new land to cover FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder To get more context around the expansion's launch and what it's meant for the game's activity, I reached out to Amazon Games to ask how the update's reception has been thus far. 'Throne and Liberty players are some of the most engaged and dedicated players that we've seen to this point,' globalization design manager Daniel 'Tico' Lafuente said in an email. 'We are very satisfied with the current overall player counts. Talandre's release brought a significant influx of both new and returning players, which was a key goal for this expansion.' According to SteamDB, the number of active players nearly doubled when Wilds of Talandre was released on March 6. The fact that the influx has maintained over the course of nearly an entire month is a great sign for the game's health and longevity. Throne and Liberty hovers around 30,000-40,000 concurrent players at any given time these days on Steam, usually peaking a bit above and then dipping a bit below over the course of a single day. This does not take into account players on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S at all. 'We've experienced a significant increase in overall player activity since Talandre's launch,' said Lafuente. 'Playtime is up. Content engagement is up. Our players' response to Talandre has been impressive. We can't wait to see how they react to all the content we have coming the rest of the year.' The new weapon mastery system is overwhelming at first For context, here are some concurrent player numbers on Steam for other popular MMOs as of right now: Final Fantasy XIV hovers around 30,000 players as well, The Elder Scrolls Online sits around 15,000 players, and Amazon's own New World: Aeternum rarely tops 10,000 players. Considering those relative stats and the fact two out of its three platforms aren't even accounted for, those are pretty strong results for Throne and Liberty. Throne and Liberty was originally conceived to be part of NCSoft's Lineage game series, but was restructured during development as its own game. With more than three million players in its first week alone, it's been a solid first few months for the new MMORPG. Personally, I clocked nearly 200 hours in Throne and Liberty within its first couple of months late last year running my own guild and clearing the story plus end-game content. It has a great mix of PvE and PvP content, depending on what you're looking for.
