• SteefLem@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Live service if done right can work. Problem is these companies do the absolute minimum and that just doesnt work. Like most thing they have to put some effort in it, but hey that costs money and thats a no no So im not necessary against live service but knowing these companies just do fuck all, then well just No

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      9 months ago

      Let’s call Live Service what it really is, company hosted anti-piracy because they don’t want to pay/implement Denuvo

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        9 months ago

        That’s just always online. Live Service is milking customers for more money on top of the already full priced game, because just releasing a product that’s good and is the best selling game of that year wasn’t profitable enough for the vampires at the top of the company.

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      9 months ago

      Right. Wasn’t Overwatch considered live service? I put tons of hours into it before they shut it down permanently.

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        9 months ago

        I put tons of hours into it before they shut it down permanently.

        Which is one of the major problems with Live Service. Sure, not everyone plays older games, but I know I have a number of titles I return to regularly. Hell, one of my favorite games of all times was released in 1989 and I still go back an re-play it from time to time. Any game which releases as “Live Service” and requires an always on-line connection to some server which I don’t host can go eat a bag of dicks.