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Cerebralbore101 on 29 April 2021
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LudicrousSpeed said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

@Bolded No, it just makes it monetarily necessary. People spending $120 a year on Gamepass can't replace the revenue from people buying their own games at $60 each. That revenue has to come from somewhere, so if Gamepass winds up completely changing the industry you can expect GaaS and MTX to be pretty much be all there is.

"Why would MS allow publishers to put incomplete games on their service? Doesn't make sense."

MS releases incomplete games themselves. Look at the sorry state that SoT launched in. Look at how much Gears 5 is a GaaS mess. Look at grounded, which is still in early access. Of course they're going to allow other publishers to put incomplete games on the service.

And how many DLCs has Sea of Thieves and Grounded put out? It must be a lot, since you said it’s “monetarily necessary”. I know you’ll need to check a wiki or something since you don’t play the games, I’ll wait.

Gears isn’t a GaaS mess. If you want to see a GaaS mess, look at Evolve, Avengers, Division 2, Destiny, Last of Us multiplayer, Forza 5 or 6, etc etc. You have this weird obsession with Gears having skins you can grind for or buy. You don’t understand what GaaS is, clearly.

Lol, I've put well over 100 hours into both Animal Crossing and Splatoon 2. Would still need to check a wiki to be able to tell you how many updates either game has gotten. I don't need to consult a wiki to be able to tell you that neither game is heavily monetized. Splatoon 2 has a $20 single player DLC, and both games need Nintendo Online. There's some Amiibo's but the content they offer is meaningless, and Amiibos are physical statues with a low cost to profit ratio.

Could you (or someone else) tell us how much money, or grinding you would need to spend to get all the stuff in Gears 5 or SoT? If I wanted all the skins in Gears 5 how long would I have to grind for all of that? What if I paid for it all in the store? Same goes for SoT.


Libara said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

@Bolded No, it just makes it monetarily necessary. People spending $120 a year on Gamepass can't replace the revenue from people buying their own games at $60 each. That revenue has to come from somewhere, so if Gamepass winds up completely changing the industry you can expect GaaS and MTX to be pretty much be all there is.

"Why would MS allow publishers to put incomplete games on their service? Doesn't make sense."

MS releases incomplete games themselves. Look at the sorry state that SoT launched in. Look at how much Gears 5 is a GaaS mess. Look at grounded, which is still in early access. Of course they're going to allow other publishers to put incomplete games on the service.

You should really do some research on the definition of what a GaaS game actually is, your definition is just hilariously wrong.

That's rich! I made an entire thread on the subject of what GaaS means. Not only that, but I made it just for you over a month ago! Clearly, I did my research. Why don't you either do your own, or jump into that thread, to enlighten us as to how Gears 5 and SoT somehow aren't GaaS games?

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/244470/what-games-would-you-consider-to-be-gaas-what-gaas-games-are-good-or-bad/