Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims | VGC
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Palworld developer Pocketpair has said that it won’t be making the game free-to-play, or changing the game’s model to games as a service.
  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    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?

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      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·
      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”.

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      There was a leak or something a couple days ago, about a conversation they had had internally where they were considering retooling to F2P.