Wednesday 7 May 2014

Planetside 2 (MMOFPS)

Use the Planetside 2 Wikipedia entry to answer the following questions:

What is Planetside 2?
it is a online multiplayer game which is free to play

What genre does the game belong to?
 the genre of the game is a survival horror 
Planetside 2 developer/publisher:
Sony Online Entertainment

When was it launched?
 20th november 2012
How does the gameplay work?

What are the six different player classes in the game?

What is the story or narrative to the game?


Business model

Now look at the section on the Planetside 2 business model.

How much does Planetside 2 cost to play?
 it is free but you can pay for more in game gear
What does a subscription offer to players?
 more equipment and gear

What can the in-game currency be used to buy?
 more equipment and guns
Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional weapons or health?


The three factions

Summarise the three factions that players can join in the game:


The Terran Republic:
Justice, honour

The Vanu Sovereignty:
strength, intelligence, seeking the truth

The New Conglomerates:
payback, freedom
Watch the recruitment videos again for Planetside 2:


Planetside 2: Target audience


Write a possible target audience demographic for Planetside 2 in general:
Gender/age/social class/education/employment/location etc.


Now write a target audience demographic for each faction from Planetside 2 – it will be similar to the overall target audience but think carefully about changes in age, education or employment:


The Terran Republic


The Vanu Sovereignty


The New Conglomerates


Now use what you have learned about psychographic profiling to choose potential psychographic groups for each of the three factions:


The Terran Republic
mainstreamers, explorers
The Vanu Sovereignty
resigned, reformers
The New Conglomerates
reformers, aspirers, succeeders
Explain why those psychographic groups would fit that particular faction.





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