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

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• Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  "“615 SC for a primary weapon is straight-up ridiculous,” wrote user Goopmaster_ in a top-upvoted post on the Helldivers subreddit. “”

  This is what passes for news today… Holy shit.

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Commenters online are SLAMMING pcgamer’s article on the Helldivers controversy - click for more details”

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    • Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      slaacaa destroys PCGAMER’s coverage of the helldivers2 microtransaction implementation.

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• tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “First time?”

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• Zeusz13@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t get the bitching. Is it brutally expensive? Yes. Do you have to buy it? No. In terms of stats the gun is nothing special, the armor is quite good, but not essential. For a one time crossover, it’s fine.

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  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Mora@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Will people still bitch about the price? Yes.

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    • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can you easily farm SC in the game? Yes.

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  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• DicJacobus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They released the rest of the kill zone stuff for free

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• Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who the fuck is complaining? All the players I’ve played with think the armors awesome

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• Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Helldivers players have no idea how good they have it. What a bunch of whiny entitled losers lmao

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  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just because others have it worse, doesn’t mean you should settle for slightly better than terrible.

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    • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Your dev team and management cares about the players, that’s much beyter thannterrible already

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