Usually happens when a game was good initially, but then publishers get greedy and push RMT/pay-to-win/freemium features to please investors.
Maybe not a great example, but I played Eve Online for many years, and while the game is actually very playable with RMT (it feels fucking great to destroy somebody’s virtual property they paid 20$ to acquire), it kinda got out of hand and diminished the thousands of hours I put into the game.
Alternatively the game gets purchased by a new company, they don’t put the same effort into it, the quality of the game played degrades, especially for multiplayer games. It’s no longer worth the time now, even though it used to be before
Usually happens when a game was good initially, but then publishers get greedy and push RMT/pay-to-win/freemium features to please investors.
Maybe not a great example, but I played Eve Online for many years, and while the game is actually very playable with RMT (it feels fucking great to destroy somebody’s virtual property they paid 20$ to acquire), it kinda got out of hand and diminished the thousands of hours I put into the game.
That makes sense
Reminds me of Destiny 2. There was a period where the game was amazing, so great to play. Then it hit a downwards slope.
Destiny has the best gun play hands down. It’s shame the monetization is so predatory
Alternatively the game gets purchased by a new company, they don’t put the same effort into it, the quality of the game played degrades, especially for multiplayer games. It’s no longer worth the time now, even though it used to be before