Comment on Helldivers 2 players rip into Arrowhead for 'straight-up ridiculous' Killzone crossover prices, CEO defends the choice

Zeusz13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It generates FOMO though. I remember when you didn’t have to pay for stuff in games, so I personally still find it very shitty to have to buy skins etc.

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  • Zeusz13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, I can see that one. Using dark patterns is not ok

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you’re too weak to resist FOMO, maybe stay off the internet

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Even so. There was once a magical time when games did not have FOMO at all.

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      • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes they did, not owning the game was FOMO, and they weren’t free at the time.

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m still a bit unsure how plausible it is to make a multiplayer game, keep it updated, and not sell content within the game.

    The good devs restrict it to cosmetic options, but I can’t say I’ve moralistically stuck to that kind of perfection - I’m okay with new weapons/characters as long as they stay balanced against old ones. It becomes a sort of hazy issue.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Halo 3 and other games of it’s time did well enough, and the multiplayer for them layed way longer than most live service games.

      Actual DLC was better than FOMO cosmetics in my opinion.

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      • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hello? Halo 3 sold map packs, and possibly other things I’m not remembering.

        That’s setting aside that Halo 3 was an exclusive. It wasn’t made to sell itself - it was made to sell Xboxes.

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• Mora@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Is it brutally expensive? Yes. Do you have to buy it? No.

  Will people buy it? Yes.

  Will there be more brutally expensive items because of it? Yes.

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  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can you easily farm SC in the game? Yes.

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Will people still bitch about the price? Yes.

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• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They hire psychologists to explicitly figure out how to better make sales. Logical thinking will not win. Microtransactions, which consists of crap you don’t need, is a billion dollar industry and has bankrupted numerous homes.

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nobody is forcing people to buy anything, you CAN resist.

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    • ripripripriprip@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “This doesn’t affect me therefore it should be a non-issue for everyone else.”

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    • Womble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thats true in a surface level way. Buts its equally true about cigarettes, heroin any other adictive substance you can think of.

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      • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        In-app purchases and limited time game passes are hardly heroin

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