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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

"will eventually launch as a free game."

Well, there go my hopes. I've never played a freemium game that wasn't eventually ruined by garbage monetization.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

At least the Blizzard RTS community seems to be pretty optimistic to me.

And Frost Giant seemed to be aware that their niche is made up of competitive RTS gamers that hate, hate, hate pay to win.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Frost Giant might but their investors don’t

Also for audiences, f2p is better for non-hardcore players where as p2p is better for hardcore players in terms of making money

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