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punk rebel ecks posted:The entire existence of Live Services is to find ways to extract as much money from the player as possible. It is rarely, if ever, achieved by offering up additional quality added content, but rather adding hoops through the games, usually long wait times or huge nerfs to the characters, that participating in the service is mandatory. I mean you say that but Warframe exists and, while it has its own set of problems, it's definitely not because it's greedy.* *I have put $0 into Warframe and have made enough premium currency to spend wantonly.
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punk rebel ecks posted:There will obviously be exceptions to the rule. There are almost always are. But the vast majority of GaS models are designed as such. "Games as a service" is a vague, meaningless buzzword though. Does that include all DLC, paid or otherwise, after launch? Does it just mean nothing but microtransactions and lootboxes? Or are you railing against live events?
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Anyway, to answer OP's question, my gaming habits haven't changed. I'll buy the game, play it, never once in my life purchase a cosmetic with my own money, and occasionally do an event, but even then, I usually just ignore the peripherals unless they're actually interesting. If it's, like, a multiplayer game then cool, it's being kept updated, guess I'll keep playing until I'm bored and move on. If a game doesn't interest me or it sounds like a chore, I won't buy it. Case-by-case basis is what I'm saying, broad strokes are for suckers. Mordja fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Dec 11, 2018 |
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buglord posted:Speaking of kids, it's painful to see the kids in my extended family ask for roblox money, or worse, gems for the phone games they have on their tables. I get that me having mom and dad buy me Pokemon cards when I was 7 is basically the same thing, but don't those kids know that there's real, better games out there that don't end when you stop paying? Back in the old country, my mom would beat me with a live eel whenever I asked for Pokemon cards. We were a Yu Gi Oh household.
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