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This is such a weird response.
Your initial claim was that you will hit a paywall. I explained how I played multiple games for many years each where I didn't hit a paywall.
Was that challenged or even acknowledged? No. All you did was move on to a hypothetical.
And the weirdest part about this hypothetical is that my post already kind of addresses it in the very first sentence: "many of these companies want lots of ftp players to keep the whales playing, as it gives them people to play against. Any empty game is no fun for anyone."
Was this addressed or even acknowledged? No.
Maybe you're right, but I question how much critical thought this was actually given when there was neither an admission that the original claim was wrong, nor even a mention of a point already made that totally undercuts the hypothetical.
Yes and in the past games used to not have loot boxes and subscriptions.
Your experience in the past does not represent an accurate view of the future of games.
You might have had fun with free shit but that’s not the case for everyone and every game. Especially moving forward with how games are developed nowadays. You are projecting your “good” experience onto many players that didn’t.
If it’s only got a playerbase because it’s giving free shit to attract players for whales then that game is a fucking scam.
I never said it did. You're the one predicting the future of gaming, while ignoring things in the present that call into question your assumptions. So I suggest that your hypothetical probably doesn't represent the future either.
Lol all I did was point out that your claims of facts are not true, and that your prediction about the future ignores important things about the model now. In fact I very explicitly said "for me." So this claim I was suggesting it's the same for everyone is kind of ridiculous. Seems like your MO is ignoring what was said in favor of what you want to be true.