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PlayStation's Focus Has Shifted From Game Sales to Actual Play Time, Sony Says (www.playstationlifestyle.net)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 84 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Translation: ad impressions, microtransactions, and Skinner box tactics.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh.

Well here was me clicking on this thread thinking "oh! That seems like a positive shift in mentality"

Then I read your comment.

Was a fun 3 seconds

[–] bund@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

wish i could super upvote

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You can always press the button twice

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Twice does nothing, but thrice works.

[–] Opafi@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Liked your comment so much I just did it there.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And forcing the PlayStation Plus subscription.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I was gonna say they'd make all their single-player games open world bursting with "CONTENT" like an Ubisoft game, but they kinda already did around the end of last gen