Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoEA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, buckowww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1381arrow-down1external-linkEA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, buckowww.gamesradar.comAgent_Karyo@piefed.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·11 hours agoMan, remember back in the day when you just went and bought a game and then played it?
minus-squareSpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 hours agoIn American-style neo-liberalism, everything must have a price tag. If it doesn’t generate a profit, it can’t exist.
minus-squarerose56@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThen people should stop buying, otherwise nothing will change. People complained about Nintendo switch 2, yet they bought it.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 hours agoI understand the sentiment here but let’s note that you do not go buy Skate. because it’s free to play.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoRemember when free to play meant free to play? I remember shareware.
Man, remember back in the day when you just went and bought a game and then played it?
In American-style neo-liberalism, everything must have a price tag. If it doesn’t generate a profit, it can’t exist.
Then people should stop buying, otherwise nothing will change. People complained about Nintendo switch 2, yet they bought it.
I understand the sentiment here but let’s note that you do not go buy Skate. because it’s free to play.
Remember when free to play meant free to play?
I remember shareware.