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Subject: Re: Kingdom Come Deliverance II Wins Big
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 09:58:40 +0000
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On 07/02/2025 15:07, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> TL;DR: live service games are a very smart move... but the triple-As
> really need to diversify. But they don't, which is why they're having
> problems and why mid-tier publishers are making a comeback.

If you get it right then there's lots of money to be made but get it 
wrong they can be studio killers. As you say one of the problems is the 
whole model is based around the live service game becomes the game you 
play and you play it a lot. The model also has the problem that it 
focuses on what can we do to get players to open their wallets not 
improving the overall game experience.

When I look at the early days of World of Tanks new content was really 
centred around the likes of new maps, tech. trees and nations. What it 
ended up with was paid for premium tanks and a shift to making those 
premium tanks just better than tech. tree ones.