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Always good to see someone in the industry push back on all of these shitty tactics the AAA publishers want to push.

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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The problem is it gets polluted by greed and the publishers want it both ways: they want £60 front, for half a game. The second half of the game is sliced into 3 - for an extra £20 a pop.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You mean £5-20/month for 3 years as a "season pass"

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and autobill, which assumes that around 70% of subscribers will forget about it and never use it.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

My wife and I have spent this last month essentially doing a Spring Cleaning of our subscriptions and memberships, and holy hell is it satisfying to just cancel things without any fucks given.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sony with Spiderman 3 be like: 50$ part 1, 50$ part 2, 50$ multiplayer, for those out of the loop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UubAtaGfqHE

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago