Its not a free game. Im not necessarily hating on cosmetic microtransactions, but they are microtransactions and theyve claimed to remove all of them.
It’s just cosmetics, I don’t see the problem. They have to make money in some way or another.
blazera@kbin.social 8 months ago
Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
They did not make that claim. The article is just wrong. The devs said they’re removing in-game monitization and only having DLC on the store page. It’s functionally identical I assume, but there’s less pressure on players playing the game.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Didnt we used to do that by selling the game tho?
AnonTwo@kbin.social 8 months ago
We also didn't expect ongoing development of games after they were shipped though, aside from bug fixes (sometimes even then )
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
But… Like… Did we ask for that? If you cant afford to keep developing a game after shipping it… Dont?
Just make the game, wrap it up finished, and let me buy it. It doesnt need to be a subscription, I dont need to play it for 6 years, you can move on with your life and design a different game.
Ill pay cash, just give me the whole game for crying out loud
Marsupial@quokk.au 8 months ago
Yes?
Do you not remember when a title would get released and stay in a buggy state forever rendering the game useless?
Have you never enjoyed a game so much that you wanted more content for it
I don’t want a product that’s going to go stale the second I buy it, I want a game I can play for 10 years with new content being added to keep it fresh.
ech@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Most of the gaming community did, yes. Players want servers that last forever, and updates that never stop, and they’ll throw a hissy fit if it costs them a cent more up front than it did 30 years ago. I’m not a fan of it either, but it’s where the industry is right now.
JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can also just not buy the game if it has micro transactions. It’s the same V logic
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ah but that requires them to finish it before releasing it
Rbnsft@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Well games used to not have Servers and be peer to peer they did not have season where New content got Put in or if they got New content they Split the Player Base Because they Sold the New maps, classes etc. So selling cosmetics and giving away the New classes maps etc is actually great. So that way the person not spending much gets New content and the person that love the game can Support them more. At the Same time Yes time is spend on Those skins etc and not New stuff but What would you like. A game being shut down and not being play able like battleborn? Or a game that gets New stuff but also New cosmetics?