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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp costs £18 after dropping free-to-play monetisation model (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Right, that's the article that doesn't explain why they're doing it.

[–] Natanael 4 points 3 weeks ago

Probably because they're shifting development work to something else. Doing it this way and making it run offline frees up developers.

[–] subignition@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's reportedly been running for seven years, so I suppose I just assumed that they didn't want to pay to maintain the online service for all eternity.

The other reply's probably also got a good point in terms of actual staff doing support for it, too.