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Helldivers 2 and Marvel Rivals convinced me: Battle passes should never expire (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Halo Infinite: Post-season 5, battle passes are now free during their introductory season, but cost $5 to unlock afterward

Marvel Rivals: Battle passes will not expire if you bought the $10 Luxury pass during the season

These are not FOMO-less. Marvel Rivals sounds like the worst of the three in that regard. The 'old' method incentivized you to skip buying a battle pass if you weren't going to finish it (because you'd lose rewards); MR's system gives you a FOMO CTA to make that purchase to stop you from losing rewards.

Compare this to, say, Dead By Daylight, where there's "seasons" with unlockable rewards, you can get them for free, and you can keep unlocking them after the season ends.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Compare this to, say, Dead By Daylight, where there’s “seasons” with unlockable rewards, you can get them for free, and you can keep unlocking them after the season ends.

Similarly Helldivers 2 battle passes cost in-game earnable currency to unlock and never expire, but if people want to pay cash to unlock them the option is there.