Helldivers 2 players rip into Arrowhead for 'straight-up ridiculous' Killzone crossover prices, CEO defends the choice : games

[-] Murvel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Who the fuck is complaining? All the players I've played with think the armors awesome

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 54 points 1 week ago

""615 SC for a primary weapon is straight-up ridiculous," wrote user Goopmaster_ in a top-upvoted post on the Helldivers subreddit. ""

This is what passes for news today... Holy shit.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Commenters online are SLAMMING pcgamer’s article on the Helldivers 2 controversy - click for more details”

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

slaacaa destroys PCGAMER's coverage of the helldivers2 microtransaction implementation.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago

"First time?"

[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They released the rest of the kill zone stuff for free

[+] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -9 points 1 week ago

Helldivers players have no idea how good they have it. What a bunch of whiny entitled losers lmao

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Just because others have it worse, doesn't mean you should settle for slightly better than terrible.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Your dev team and management cares about the players, that's much better than terrible already

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

let's make sure we keep them to that standard then.

[+] Zeusz13@lemmy.world -13 points 1 week ago

I don't get the bitching. Is it brutally expensive? Yes. Do you have to buy it? No. In terms of stats the gun is nothing special, the armor is quite good, but not essential. For a one time crossover, it's fine.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 week ago

It generates FOMO though. I remember when you didn't have to pay for stuff in games, so I personally still find it very shitty to have to buy skins etc.

[-] Zeusz13@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I can see that one. Using dark patterns is not ok

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I’m still a bit unsure how plausible it is to make a multiplayer game, keep it updated, and not sell content within the game.

The good devs restrict it to cosmetic options, but I can’t say I’ve moralistically stuck to that kind of perfection - I’m okay with new weapons/characters as long as they stay balanced against old ones. It becomes a sort of hazy issue.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Halo 3 and other games of it's time did well enough, and the multiplayer for them lasted way longer than most live service games.

Actual DLC was better than FOMO cosmetics in my opinion.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Hello? Halo 3 sold map packs, and possibly other things I’m not remembering.

That’s setting aside that Halo 3 was an exclusive. It wasn’t made to sell itself - it was made to sell Xboxes.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Yep, map packs are dlc. And it wasn't alone. Every multiplayer game worked like that at the time. Exclusive or not.

[-] Mora@pawb.social 31 points 1 week ago

Is it brutally expensive? Yes. Do you have to buy it? No.

Will people buy it? Yes.

Will there be more brutally expensive items because of it? Yes.

[-] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Can you easily farm SC in the game? Yes.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

They hire psychologists to explicitly figure out how to better make sales. Logical thinking will not win. Microtransactions, which consists of crap you don't need, is a billion dollar industry and has bankrupted numerous homes.

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