this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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When COD Mobile (both Global and Garena) released in October 2019 - less than 4 years ago - it had 50 Tiers in the battle pass. I came back and it's 200 tiers now, which is insane.

It's especially shocking to see as one of the OG players of CODM - I played it since launch - to see firsthand just how desperate capitalism has become at squeezing the proles of as much money as possible at every possible level including something as mundane as gaming.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's why I pretty much exclusively play indie games these days. A small studio with less than half a dozen people aren't going to fuck over their customers with lootboxes and bullshit. If they make an expansion for a game it is a proper expansion for it.

AAA industry is pure garbage these days though, nothing worth playing in that slick, graphically detailed but gameplay bankrupt side of the industry.