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[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 hours ago (13 children)

Fuck them for licencing games behind a monthly subscription. I want to buy Into the Breach, not get a video subscription I won't use to be able to play it.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 0 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

I think you're looking at it the wrong way. It's just an extra that you have for "free", not a dedicated gaming subscription. I also live in Europe and my Netflix is cheap, so I will have the subscription by default (cause a lot of people in my family watch it), which means I get to try the games for free. You can always just go buy them if you want, from the store.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I cannot. Mobile games are exclusively licensed by Netflix: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netflix.NGP.IntoTheBreach&hl=en-US

On desktop, I'll of course go for the actual purchase

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Hmm, didn't know that one was exclusive to Netflix. It's not a universal thing or a rule, cause San Andreas Definitive Edition, for example, is available for purchase for $20. Probably depends on what the game publisher agreed to.

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