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submitted 9 months ago by jeze3D@lemmy.zip to c/games@lemmy.world

To nobody's surprise, Sega has enshittified its beloved Crazy Taxi IP.

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[-] radix@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago

And then when these games continue to flop critically, and never reach the player count they forecast, it's the developers' fault and layoffs abound.

[-] sudotstar@kbin.social 20 points 9 months ago

My hope, though I'm keeping my expectations low, is that since these supposed live-service games will be supposedly releasing alongside remakes of the original games the IP is based on, that if the remakes sell significantly better than the live service games it might hopefully inform better decision-making around them.

While they haven't been controversy-free in terms of their monetization practices, Sega has released a slew of back-to-back AAA games: Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Sonic Frontiers, that have generally been complete, single-purchase packages (with a few questionable omissions from base game moved to DLC that I'd consider "regular bad", but not anywhere near the level of egregious monetization seen in most live-service games).

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Only the fact that Infinite Wealth's NG+ is locked behind a $15 paywall.

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