• MamboGator
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    395 months ago

    Instead of playing damage control once players find out a new game is a live service, maybe stop making live service games. How many have actually made the kind of money that publishers are chasing? Now compare that to how many have flopped because people have realized that “live service” just means $80 for an early access game with minimal content to grind through at launch and a “roadmap” of updates which invariably includes DLC, microtransactions and battlepasses you’ll have to pay extra for, and that’s if the game even survives long enough to get there.

    • BruceTwarzen
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      65 months ago

      All they see is numbers. Destiny 2 makes HOW MUCH money? Let’s do that

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      I think Fortnite poisoned the market because of its live service success. Instead of making most of the money at launch they can now bleed whales dry by introducing a battle pass + skins + DLC.

  • stopthatgirl7
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    235 months ago

    I mean, what else are they gonna say? “We’re totally gonna waste your time AND milk you for as much of your money as possible!”

  • @nanoUFOOPM
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    235 months ago

    Just waste your money, an endless amount of it.

  • @jws_shadotak
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    235 months ago

    I don’t want to waste my time either, so I’m not gonna play it.

    • BruceTwarzen
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      65 months ago

      It seems like the kind of game you watch 20 minute YouTube video about and you know everything you need to know about it

      • @Buddahriffic
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        15 months ago

        I haven’t even watched 20 minutes about it and already know about as much as I want to know about it.

      • @sugar_in_your_tea
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        15 months ago

        Just like pretty much every other live service game.

  • @DudeImMacGyver
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    175 months ago

    They just want your money, not your time.

  • Gabadabs
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    155 months ago

    Nobody is going to buy this I don’t get why they’re pushing it

      • Gabadabs
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        45 months ago

        I’m getting the vibe that it’s been developed with full knowledge that it’s going to be a commercial flop, and they’re just hoping to at least not lose money. Feels like the developer had a contract to make a live service game w/ the IP so they’re just chugging it out. Obviously not sure though.

  • @mindbleach
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    65 months ago

    An efficient wallet siphon. It’ll only want a few minutes a day! That’s totally not habituation as a mechanic for addiction!

  • @[email protected]
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    25 months ago

    Don’t worry devs, by not buying the game I know you won’t waste my time. If I need a batman fix I’ll visit Arkham city.

  • @kugmo
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    25 months ago

    Yeah the part where they kill Batman was leaked online months a go and that’s the only part of the game people are curious about.

  • stopthatgirl7
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    25 months ago

    I mean, what else are they gonna say? “We’re totally gonna waste your time AND milk you for as much of your money as possible!”