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Azzanation on 19 December 2021
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SvennoJ said:
Azzanation said:

Stalker 2 would have had the NFT's regardless if it was day one on GP or not. The problem is games are getting more expensive to make and developers are seeing how much money other games like Fifa and mobile games rake in per year and are wondering, why cant they do the same. That's the source of the problem. A service where a company gets royalties for having their game added for a couple months isn't what convinces them to add in predatory business practices.  

Predatory business practices succeed on exposure rate. F2P, maximum exposure minimum expectations. Subscription service, big exposure, little expectations. Buy out right, smallest exposure, maximum expectations.

F2P made it easier to get the current loot box infested mess.
Subscriptions services also make it easier to add these kind of things.
The biggest complaints come from full price games adding MTX, is it not? F2P and to a lesser extent game on gamepass, often get a pass for adding more MTX (and possibly later NFTs) to the games.

The source of the problem is the race to the bottom when it comes to luring people in, then needing ways to pay for it all.

It makes sense for F2P games, as they are free and anyone thinking that a F2P game doesn't deserve to have some sort of monitorization in them will come across as entitled. A company needs some sort of income after giving their product out for free. 

We pay full price for games today and still have heavy lootboxes and MTXs so its not going away and only growing with the basic full price games.

The games on Game Pass are not mobile games or exclusive service games. They are made like all others and are sold at regular prices as well as being offered on GP. You could have a point if the games are Game Pass exclusive and built from the ground up for GP, meaning you cannot buy the game outright and its only access point is via the service fee. This is not the case with Stalker 2 and many other day one releases on GP. 

Tell me, how does a Service pioneer predatory business practices? Especially from companies who don't own the service? Remember all games on GP can be purchased just like every other game on any other platform.