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Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)

submitted 2 months ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How can this GaaS thing be sooo profitable and also such bad press that even mentioning it results in a "sorry we didn't mean that" article?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

It's a double-edged sword. But f2p has become so dominant that certain types of games almost NEED to be f2p to be relevant. See Concord for a recent example.

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

Short answer: Whales.

Long answer: Watch the South Park episode on the topic. They explain it in detail. It's titled "Freemium Isn't Free".