Maybe more significantly, it's a recent game with rave reviews that's still making Larian money without the use of mtx and/or dlc.
Aside, kinda expecting a lot of garbage D&D games since the endlessly greedy Hasbro has seen how much money it can make them. Doubt they'll do anything other than miss the forest for the trees in their execution of that, though.
It feels like a natural consequence of playing a lot of indie games; there's too many little gems you just don't hear much about on release, or which you end up only learning about because they end up bundled with something else you were being patient about.
Though I'm not even sure how I'd apply this label to traditional roguelikes, given how many are free, and how many more seem to be in a permanent state of development/'early access' (Caves of Qud is hitting 1.0 in a month does break my go-to example there though).
There's definitely an appeal with some of the better AA and 'AAA' games too beyond financial reasons though, given the tendency for bigger studios to launch titles full of bugs these days. (I loved Cyberpunk when I played it a couple of months after release -- was lucky to not experience many bugs at all on PC -- but it's so much easier to widely recommend it since it hit 2.0.
I've never played PoE, and only watched a friend play it briefly; so nice try, but no, I'm not just stanning for a developer out of some absurd association of one's ego with a product.
You need to actually learn how development works, and I'm not replying further until you either do that or stop being so aggressive.
Throwing all your previous “arguments” out of the window
If you actually read what I said, instead of obsessing over winning an argument no one cares about, you would realise that was the exact thing I said from the start. Unless you can't even tell you've been frothing at two separate people.
Even if you're excessively concerned with morality and what people think of you, the only people realistically going to kick up a fuss about "pirating" games one already owns are Nintendo's lawyers.
You’re just looking for excuses.
No, I'm not, because I'm not a PoE2 dev and don't need an excuse. You're ignoring the realities of gamedev and insisting it should just work because you say so.
They even acknowledged that they could offer it as micro transaction
If they did, that means budgeting for the additions needed because it would be a product in itself.
Feel like the trailer undersells the quality of the game.
Seems like they tried to grow the company waaaaaaaaay too fast (practically doubled their number of employees since TW3 was released).
Obviously this sucks, but it's good that they're not unceremoniously dropping people with zero notice (looking at you, Activision). Doubt we can expect an environment where gamedev layoffs suddenly disappear, but people actually getting advanced warning about this stuff would be a huge improvement on the industry's norms.
It's not "obsolete" for set characters, which is what this is if they have pre-established stories and personalities.
You think the PoE devs aren’t getting paid? lol
That's not how budgets nor gamedev work. It's not up to individual developers to just add huge amounts of content to a game that hasn't been budgeted for.
I love X! (not that one) and I love reading this!
Right? It’s literally bundled with one of the most popular headsets.
Though there are still plenty of indies that still exude quality and love from their developers. Things like Compound, Budget Cuts, Until You Fall, or Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (if you’re a gun person) are all a bunch of fun.
Though there’s that Walking Dead game if you want something with more money behind it (and are less anxious than me).
Settled's Swampletics (OldSchool RuneScape) is wild, and popular among even people who have never played OSRS.
Feeling competent at something is great for your head! Being able to thus share things with others -- who, you know, actually want you to share them -- just multiplies that.