Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.

  • Jo Miran
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    1412 days ago

    Lawbreakers was an excellent game that was killed by executive stupidity.

    • @ampersandrew
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      512 days ago

      I thought it was killed by having stupid design around game objectives and not letting you tweak those rules yourself.

      • Jo Miran
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        12 days ago

        Don’t forget the fact that is was a free-to-play game with a $30 price-tag.

        • @[email protected]
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          512 days ago

          That’s what killed it for me. I really enjoyed the Lawbreakers beta, but paying $30 for a game that would either die at a fixed price or quickly shift to F2P made no sense.

          • Jo Miran
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            712 days ago

            Executive said, “Fuck it, we’re charging $30”. He thought people would pay that even though its main competitors were f2p.

              • Jo Miran
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                212 days ago

                Ultimately, no. It was going to be at first but prior to release, it changed models and ultimately stayed at $30 until it died.

                • @[email protected]
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                  612 days ago

                  You know what f2p means to me? It means you can play the game for free but the experience is guaranteed to be miserable because you’re going to have relentless ads crammed down your throat for skins and other bullshit I couldn’t give a single fuck about, and no matter how much you pay it never stops.

                  So if it’s between that and just paying $30 for the game, I’ll take the $30 every time. I avoid f2p games like the plague.

          • @yamanii
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            111 days ago

            It was originally advertised as f2p, at some point they changed their minds and decided to charge for it, clearly it didn’t go well since people already associated it with free.