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Elden Ring is getting a free-to-play mobile version with in-app purchases (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Action-RPG colossus Elden Ring is reportedly getting a free-to-play mobile adaptation with in-app purchases, which takes inspiration from miHoYo's Genshin Impact. It's being published by Tencent, who apparently acquired the licensing rights to Elden Ring back in 2022 and put a few dozen people to work on a prototype, even as the company acquired a 16% stake in Elden Ring developer From Software.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Listen if you want to piss away money on transient shit you are welcome to go and do it, but the person missing the nuances here is you. The industry moving towards these models is negatively affecting gaming as a whole and it'll only get worse, even if you're too blinded by tacky skins to notice the reason why.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

My guy, I wasn't even trying to make a defense of micro transactions, I was pointing out the really weird comparison of a PS1 game from 1997 with no baked in online features, and a modern game with baked in online features.