Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square107fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPaying for a game you don’t own, only to have to rent the gameplay inside the thing you don’t even own to begin with. Presumably all content also being locked on company servers meaning it will get EOL’d and inaccessible at some point in the future. Immaculate.
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI was moreso talking about the future of gaming monetisation.
Paying for a game you don’t own, only to have to rent the gameplay inside the thing you don’t even own to begin with. Presumably all content also being locked on company servers meaning it will get EOL’d and inaccessible at some point in the future.
Immaculate.
Skate is free to play
I was moreso talking about the future of gaming monetisation.