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Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off (www.ign.com)

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Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

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[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

The only games I'm comfortable with having a subscription. Is a game like WoW where they are supporting a large server farm/infrastructure for the game.

[-] mercator_rejection@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago

Thing is that it has been shown that the cost doesn't add up. Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are both games you only pay the cost of the box, no on going subscriptions and they are able to continue running the servers and infrastructure just fine. 15$/mo just doesn't make sense.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It made sense in 2006 when the technology was new and the concept was novel, in 2023 where server upkeep costs are astronomically low if present at all and cloud technology is the norm, the only thing justifying it is "We've been doing it this way for years"

Honestly the only reason why consoles have subscription fees for online services is because Xbox Live Gold proved that people were dumb enough to full for this bullshit, so Sony and Nintendo just stooped down to Microsoft's level for the free payday.

[-] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

WoW is even worse than that.

When the player base on your server dies and there are no raiding guilds left there it costs like $20 to move your character. Per character.

It’s been years since I’ve played but that’s one of the reasons I stopped.

[-] force@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I could say that about Destiny 2 but I still feel dirty about giving any sort of money to Bungie

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