Palworld will not change to free to play model, dev claims [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
from theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 15 Sep 2024 19:00
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HK65@sopuli.xyz on 16 Sep 2024 00:59 next collapse

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?

theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 16 Sep 2024 01:04 next collapse

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 on 16 Sep 2024 18:38 collapse

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”.

Lojcs@lemm.ee on 16 Sep 2024 02:55 next collapse

Palwold dev talks too much

Excel@beehaw.org on 17 Sep 2024 23:11 collapse

They never said it was going to be F2P or live service.

theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 18 Sep 2024 00:09 collapse

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