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

• Zeusz13@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’d much rather buy a full game from the get go and have everything available with no time limit on when i need to buy it.

        There is no FOMO if you can leave it for years, actually get the game with all dlc cheaper second hand for a couple of quid and still finding a thriving community online that isn’t focused on completing timed challenges for various currencies to get cosmetics you like the look of before they disappear from the store or the deal for the cheaper price runs out.

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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 ⁨20⁩ ⁨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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      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yep, map packs are dlc. And it wasn’t alone. Every multiplayer game worked like that at the time. Exclusive or not.

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