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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[-] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

Meanwhile, No Man's Sky is still regularly pushing out quality content for free 8 years after its (admittedly disastrous) launch.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

They gave me “free” money since I have the deluxe edition so I foolishly got this; the mission isn’t even good. Don’t be like me.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

'Voting with our wallet' never stops this. AGPL, software freedom, does.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

What, no space horse armor?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You have to beat it on expert then you unlock the opportunity to buy it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

players Are Upset

Both of them?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The real issue is that theres microtransactions in a single player game

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Enshittification

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