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ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

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Steam indie hit goes against industry trends, removes all monetization

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ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Co-op roguelike game Inkbound from Monster Train developer Shiny Shoe is removing all in-game monitzation to avoid FOMO and to get with player sentiment.
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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    The bigger problem is that this game even had a battle pass and other monetization tactics at all.

    Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

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      @RightHandOfIkaros @ylai Yeah, that article has the wrong takeaway from this.

      The devs aren’t heroes for removing the F2P elements. They never should have been there to begin with.

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        True, but a lot of people never listen to the fact that they fucked up and they should do something about it. That fact alone deserves some kudos.

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      Early Access games should never have a battle pass or cash item shop.

      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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        Yes, but especially Early Access games.

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    Yeah that’s right! Games like stardew valley, factorio, Terraria, Binding of Isaac, Hades and others could really learn from those brave heroes and finally remove the Battle pass and all the other payed content!

    Edit: /s… Duh!

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    • WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world
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      Hades had battle pass?

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        That’s the joke

        • WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world
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          I feel like an idiot… c/woosh I guess, to myself… 😂😂

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        No, none of these did. That’s the joke.

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    A game that I never heard of is removing their battle pass, and monetization options. Ok?

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