Many live service games are just an MMO subscription "hidden inside of a neat 'optional' package", argue Guild Wars 3 devs in a post about the new game's monetisation

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GamingBot@lemmy.zip · 22 hours ago

Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.zip · 17 hours ago

unfortunately I have known people who are not good at impulse control

I was still playing WoW when Blizzard sold a 90$ mount on the shop, NINETY $, on top of the sub and paid xpacs.

The same day it was available, half of the playerbase got it, people are just stupid.

Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 16 hours ago

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