Comment on Many live service games are just an MMO subscription "hidden inside of a neat 'optional' package", argue Guild Wars 3 devs in a post about the new game's monetisation

• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  if a game requires money after it’s bought, it’s not worth it… subscription or in-game stores. both are equally as bad.

  I pay once… that’s it. expansions/dlc are fine because I’m not REQUIRED to get it. if the game just… stops because I didn’t get the dlc, you bet your ass I’m never buying from them again.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Exactly my feelings as well, even “time saving” MTX is insidious because it provides an incentive for the developers to slow progress to entice users to buy the mtx.

    I’m mostly fine with cosmetic-only MTX but that’s because I’m able to control my impulses on buying those kinds of things the majority of the time, unfortunately I have known people who are not good at impulse control and end up spending literally thousands of dollars on bullshit cosmetics. They don’t even play the game they spent all that money on anymore.

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    • ulu_mulu@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      unfortunately I have known people who are not good at impulse control

      I was still playing WoW when Blizzard sold a 90$ mount on the shop, NINETY $, on top of the sub and paid xpacs.

      The same day it was available, half of the playerbase got it, people are just stupid.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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