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REPO dev says "there are no plans to make the game free-to-play" because "we don't want to add microtransactions or have cosmetics that you buy" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I don't understand why you'd ask that. And I struggle to explain why this baffles me so much. Why would you think the devs of a game you like, a game that many people seem to like, might be considering making it free? If it was doing badly, sure. But apparently their business model is working. So why the fuck?

Hey Todd Howard, do you plan to make Elder Scrolls 6 free to play? ... okay, horse armour says bad example.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand why you'd ask that.

It's not that far-fetched, to me. $10 is a pretty weird price for a game, especially these days. Many games that launch at such a low price point tend to only keep that pricing temporarily; either as an early-access discount before the price goes up for the "final" build of the game, or it'll go the other way and go free-to-play as the devs put the game on life support. It also seems like an especially unusual one-time price for a game that still seems to be actively worked on. It's a very curious price.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is only a curious price because most developers would choose a freemium model for a $10 game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

More probably that person just fell for the gaslighting over the price of games.

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