Skate players were explicitly told map areas would not be “locked behind a paywall”

  • Yamanashi@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    So when fps games do dlc maps it’s fine. but when a skateboarding game paywalls a map its crossing the line? What am I not getting here?

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      1. If the DLC is permanently owned and pays to the artists who made the map, that’s fine.

      2. Even if it is “permanently”, but tied to a server that could be shutdown, it’s not permanently owned. Fuck that

      3. If the DLC isn’t permanently owned, but “rented”, that profit only goes to the executives that probably fired the artists. Fuck that.

    • ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
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      1. They said they were never gonna paywall parts of the map. 2. It’s not DLC. It’s a 24 hour lease. 3. The game is early access and all early access games paywalling features get slammed. Most do it thru DLC but I guess EA found a way to make more money than selling a one time purchase.