• Yeller_king@reddthat.com
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    5 days ago

    The original model was not sustainable. It was designed for a rug pull. They just found out that it was still unsustainable after the rug pull.

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      5 days ago

      Every streamer does the rug pull. I remember when my family was so shocked at the $5.99 ad free Disney+ sub. They fully believed that it was going to remain the best streaming deal forever. I mean this is Disney we’re talking about.

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      5 days ago

      Make this claim about a city’s subway system. Or Market Basket’s rotisserie chicken.

      Your numerical claim around profit is irrelevant because it gets people in the door - both new gamers, and new developers. They were making bank not just on game purchases, but DLC, games outside of Game Pass, etc.