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New videogame pricing models, same old publisher tricks?

Digital distribution, Kickstarter and 'free to play' have all found new ways to get early money. Should gamers accept, or resist these pricing changes?

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incgamers.com
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7 Times Games Forced Us Online (Against Our Will)

Some games force online-only measures onto people. It sucks! Especially when some titles, like these seven, 100% didn't need it.

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shauzy1818d ago

i dont even know what to gain from this

meep3161818d ago

publishers gain control by forcing you online.

shauzy1817d ago

i meant what to gain from this knowledge, this list, whats the point of it why make it why should i know these games, sure yeah i do recall some games needing me to be online even to play single player but, why should i know this "seven times" thing

Xavi4K1818d ago

I don’t care I cannot recall the last time I didn’t have internet connection

PiNkFaIrYbOi1818d ago

You are either sort of young or very old and have memory issues.

Besides the internet can go down for various reasons.

Lord_Sloth1818d ago

Lookit me, I can't even type 7 paragraphs on a single page! Give me clicks!!!

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The Secret History of Mac Gaming: How SimCity led to Seaman

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of The Secret History of Mac Gaming, “Simulated.”

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venturebeat.com
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Indiegogo Campaign Opened to Buy Marvel Heroes

A non-profit educational group is looking to buy the Marvel Heroes license to either maintain the MMOARPG as-is or use it to build an entirely new game.

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zeal0us2269d ago

Too bad Disney won't allow it.

staticall2269d ago

Why campaign is set to "Flexible goal"? Like "We desperately need $450 000, but hey, we'll settle for any amount of money you'll give to us. And we won't have to do a damn thing.".

They say in Indiegogo campaign: "To achieve our plan, we are currently seeking a minimum of $450k – $900k". MINIMUM of $450k, so why "flexible"?
Next, they say that currently, "creditors claims totaling at $900K" and "The closer our offer is to those claims, the greater our chances of success". A chance costs $450 000.
They're also saying that "One downside is that Gazillion has spent millions to license the use of characters and story lines over the years", where will they get millions for a license? Another campaign? Aggressive microtransactions? Oh, right, "Unless millions are raised to fund this campaign, the odds of this option being successful are very limited."

Even their Paragon university website has "Coming Soon" on it and "Elder mage" have only one "news" and copy-pasted content from Indiegogo campaign. Sounds like a scam to me.

Wolfyseyes2269d ago

These were all my feelings as well. The whole thing reeks of ripoff and I'm generally a pretty forgiving guy when it comes to crowdfunding campaigns.