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coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 2 years ago

Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC]

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Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC]

www.videogameschronicle.com

coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 2 years ago
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Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims | VGC
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Palworld developer Pocketpair has said that it won’t be making the game free-to-play, or changing the game’s model to games as a service.
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  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝 ( HK65@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    How can this GaaS thing be sooo profitable and also such bad press that even mentioning it results in a “sorry we didn’t mean that” article?

    • coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OP
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      It’s a double-edged sword. But f2p has become so dominant that certain types of games almost NEED to be f2p to be relevant. See Concord for a recent example.

    • soulsource ( soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      Short answer: Whales.

      Long answer: Watch the South Park episode on the topic. They explain it in detail. It’s titled “Freemium Isn’t Free”.

  • Lojcs ( Lojcs@lemm.ee ) 
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    Palwold dev talks too much

  • Excel ( Excel@beehaw.org ) 
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    They never said it was going to be F2P or live service.

    • coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OP
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      There was a leak or something a couple days ago, about a conversation they had had internally where they were considering retooling to F2P.

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