Free version of Toontown online to launch this fall

[Tom Morrow]

Free version of Toontown online to launch this fall




Disney Moving Toontown to Ad Model (http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=100360 8375&imw=Y)
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Disney has begun the process of shifting Toontown, its kids-aimed virtual world, away from being primarily a subscription-based business towards an ad-supported model.

Toontown, a “massively multiplayer online game” which the company launched back in 2003, has traditionally required users to pay a subscription fee of $9.95 a month following a free trial period. But as of late May, a new beta version of the site was made available online that allows users to play the game for free for as long as they’d like.

According to Disney officials, the company is now in the process of talking to advertisers, and by this fall a new, entirely ad-supported version of the site will be launched. Already, executives said they have seen an increase in user response to the MMOG.
complete article (http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=100360 8375&imw=Y)





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[disney_fanatic]

I love toontown online. I played it a couple of times. ( when it came out in 2003, and then for a week when I signed up for vmk.com.)
Playing for free would be nice. I just hope its not a real watered down version.

[RankoAnime]

I agree. Free would be awesome, but I hope that we don't lose anything in the process. I like the way Toontown is right now, even if I am paying $80 a year...

[BCC]

TT is not worth paying for....I'm glad that it will be free. TT is mainly a bordom reliever...for me anyways.