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Topic	Which 2024 Live Service game is the bigger trainwreck?
KanzarisKelshen 03/28/24 8:09:44 PM #50:	I feel like some kind of distinction would be useful between 'game genuinely needs a subscription model to keep lights on/requires paying a one-time purchase up front' live service games and 'game funds itself with mtx, potentially ones that sell player power'. An MMO is worth getting excited about even if it charges a sub. A gacha isn't worth getting excited for until it's proven itself, since the model is fundamentally predatory and not just transactional. --- Shine on, you crazy diamond. <cite>KanzarisKelshen posted [p:979615830] in Which 2024... [t:80732093]...</cite> <quote>I feel like some kind of distinction would be useful between 'game genuinely needs a subscription model to keep lights on/requires paying a one-time purchase up front' live service games and 'game funds itself with mtx, potentially ones that sell player power'. An MMO is worth getting excited about even if it charges a sub. A gacha isn't worth getting excited for until it's proven itself, since the model is fundamentally predatory and not just transactional. --- Shine on, you crazy diamond.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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