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How do games like Sea of Thieves stay afloat? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think No Man's Sky is also in the same boat.

I mean games which keep releasing further content over long periods without charging extra for it. Surely the amount of new sales eventually dwindles considerably. Is the cost of new content once you have the core game this low or...?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

NMS is a good example of creating a situation where people don't WANT to pirate your game. People will buy it to play with friends and it's generally a good deal. Compare that to Paradox games, who monetize everything, which I'm convinced are mostly played through piracy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Most paradox games I've seen have an unlocker you can find online that just enables all the DLC.

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