Comment by Aeolun

Comment by Aeolun 4 days ago

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> It's "the market is competitive and expects quality"

This just can’t be anything but nonsense when EA can release the same game literally decades in a row and have people eat it up anyway.

Spivak 4 days ago

Because it's a good game and the new editions are literally seasons of the same game. World of Warcraft has adopted a model for the last few expansions and players love it. It's literally HN's darling pricing model where it's a subscription but you can stop and keep all the versions you have.

HN just doesn't skew really getting sports people.

  • permo-w 3 days ago

    I would have no issues with EA and this model if they didn't have the policy of switching off their online servers a few years after the next iteration comes out. Activision has never done this with afaik any Call of Duty (although they do have slightly lower overheads) and it's such a big joy stealer for the sake of costs.