| Azzanation said: 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. |
It didn't pioneer it, I never said that. It facilitates predatory business practices, enables them, makes it easier to be swallowed by the players.
Remember the 'outrage' when Dragon Age had quest persons in game that prompted you to buy the DLC? Now I'm playing FH4 again I get bombarded with commercials for the DLC. Just got an unskippable commercial for the Lego expansion, had one earlier as well. And every loading screen is promoting the DLC packs, car packs. The DLC is already integrated in the menu as well, car pack cars already in the 'show rooms'.
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.
And it makes sense for services as well, same thinking (to a lesser extent). It's ok because you didn't pay full price. It's ok because you don't have to buy them. It's ok because you can still grind your way through. And so on and so on, and here we are. Loot boxes, MTX, bombarded with please buy this, buy that. And indeed whether you play them on the service of buy the full game, you get the same treatment. That's the real shame.
