You should work at apple.
Comment on fortnite the pay to play update
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
I’ve heard of pay to play games becoming free to play, but a free to play game going pay to play?
The only benefit I could see (if this actually happened with anything; I get this is just a glitch) is maybe there would be fewer cheaters because it’s harder to buy a new game (especially if it’s $50-70) than make a new free account.
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
Ew. Wtf did I do to deserve that?
Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You were able to spin what would essentially be an obviously greed based decision to milk more cash from the users into a semi-believable ‘it’s actually for the user benefit’ story that apple is so renowned for like : no charger ? Think of the planet!, no sideloading ? It’s so big bad virus doesn’t get you! ,etc
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
It was just the only possible benefit I could think of. And even that’s flimsy lol
“Sure it may have thousands of negatives… But here’s one cool positive it might have with no guarantee that it will work!”
rockerface@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’ve heard Gigantic (a 3rd person PvP hero shooter) will become pay to play when it’s revived. Also, the benefit would be they wouldn’t need battle pass and other FOMO monetization tactics to support the game
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I mean fortnite used to be pay to play.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
I remember hearing that when it was newish… Wasn’t it like a completely different game to the battle Royale though? I never actually saw it, or played it and was always confused about it when I’d run across people mentioning it.
b_crussin@programming.dev 8 months ago
AFAIK it’s a PvE game that utilizes the same mechanics as the battle royale game, but otherwise is mostly separate. I think if you purchase it you get a bunch of XP for Fortnite BR by playing it each season though
www.fortnite.com/save-the-world
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yeah, it was originally like a Minecraft clone, but with a zombie tower defense mechanic. That’s why it has the building mechanic that seems pointless in a battle Royale game.