▲ 322 ▼ An important update on Concord - Being taken offline September 6th, refunds to be issued (blog.playstation.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by li10@feddit.uk to c/games@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Damage@feddit.it 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder why they didn't make it free-to-play and try to cash in on microtransactions permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's presumably why it's going offline and everyone getting refunds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) With all the negative press, I doubt they would try that. Even if it goes free, people will recognise the name and wouldn't bother trying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago I think the people that have never heard of it far outweigh the people that have and decided to ignore it. They're chasing "normal" people, not people like us who would likely have ignored it even if it was a free to play, micro transaction riddled mess. And "FREE!" does appear to be a key factor in making this kind of game take off. They live or die by initial player interest and retention. These things are expensive to make, it's not just going in the bin. I'm just not sure where it belongs. It's clearly Overwatch's stunt double, and even that seems like it's on the wane. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago It's a non zero amount of work, and there's every chance they spend more money making that change than they would bring in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's presumably why it's going offline and everyone getting refunds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) With all the negative press, I doubt they would try that. Even if it goes free, people will recognise the name and wouldn't bother trying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago I think the people that have never heard of it far outweigh the people that have and decided to ignore it. They're chasing "normal" people, not people like us who would likely have ignored it even if it was a free to play, micro transaction riddled mess. And "FREE!" does appear to be a key factor in making this kind of game take off. They live or die by initial player interest and retention. These things are expensive to make, it's not just going in the bin. I'm just not sure where it belongs. It's clearly Overwatch's stunt double, and even that seems like it's on the wane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) With all the negative press, I doubt they would try that. Even if it goes free, people will recognise the name and wouldn't bother trying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago I think the people that have never heard of it far outweigh the people that have and decided to ignore it. They're chasing "normal" people, not people like us who would likely have ignored it even if it was a free to play, micro transaction riddled mess. And "FREE!" does appear to be a key factor in making this kind of game take off. They live or die by initial player interest and retention. These things are expensive to make, it's not just going in the bin. I'm just not sure where it belongs. It's clearly Overwatch's stunt double, and even that seems like it's on the wane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago I think the people that have never heard of it far outweigh the people that have and decided to ignore it. They're chasing "normal" people, not people like us who would likely have ignored it even if it was a free to play, micro transaction riddled mess. And "FREE!" does appear to be a key factor in making this kind of game take off. They live or die by initial player interest and retention. These things are expensive to make, it's not just going in the bin. I'm just not sure where it belongs. It's clearly Overwatch's stunt double, and even that seems like it's on the wane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago It's a non zero amount of work, and there's every chance they spend more money making that change than they would bring in. permalink fedilink source parent