Why?
GeoGuessr is making its way to Steam next month after almost 12 years of sticking it out as a browser game
Submitted 2 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I found out recently that steam now let’s devs create subscriptions as opposed to one-time charges, so it’s 110% that
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Ain’t no way I’ll pay that.
I would have discussed if it meant a one time payment but hell nah.
Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 2 months ago
Money.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They already added a subscription.
Up front cost cannot cover the ongoing API costs they must be paying for Google Maps. So either this has to be free and just a front end for the same shit, or they’ll still end up net negative.
Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 2 months ago
Trading Cards and probably TF2 hats.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Can run a little bitcoin mine in the background this way
biggestmapfan@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Amazing news! It’s great to see GeoGuessr coming to Steam! 🥰 This should make playing on Steam Deck much smoother. I just hope there’s a free option (even with ads). On the web, most people have switched to free alternatives like FreeGuessr. If they go with a monthly subscription on Steam, I’m not sure it will work.
Safipok@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Volatility of a business based on Google Maps seems to be very painful from observing GeoGuessr.
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah, GeoGuessr is an extreme example as Google basically did 95% of the work for them. Having to image large chunks of the world would mean a huge investment and I highly doubt GeoGuessr would even exist without Google Maps.
If Google would double their API pricing tomorrow there’s very little GeoGuessr can do except maybe switch to Apple Maps (they offer an API, not sure they offer one for their “street view” data though).
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean they do require a subscription now to play GeoGuessr, so could be they are planning
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, this easy pass.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Haha! You’re in the Gulf of Mexico!
[Depending on where you’re located determines if this is a right or wrong answer]
Safipok@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Companies are subject to the places they operate in and not following it could have consequences. I remember Guardian having to censor stuff due to UK court order. My gripe is that they are going diving into the military contract business that they had control over but still got into due to money.
biggestmapfan@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yeah, considering that the whole game is dependent on Google Maps, they can end it any time. I just hope GeoGuessr has a good partnership with them. I saw somewhere that they pay millions per year for the maps!