According to the triple-A developer like BioWare, subscription services aren't just a way to open up audiences but can diversify the kind of games they can feasibly make as well.
"Nothing is off the table right now."
BioWare's multiplayer shooter Anthem was terminated this week because EA no longer wanted to maintain servers for people to play the game on, and without them, no one can play the game. But the former executive producer of Anthem has revealed that BioWare had technology working, close to the game's release, that would enable us to host our own servers to play the game on.
I'd be fine just playing it as a localhost and dumb as rocks AI bots. Just give me the choice.
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For me I diversify by buying games that don't fall into the subscription model. Not a fan of how companies particularly large powerful companies try to push GAAS either!
Gaming as it will be with the direction subscription services will take us. A fractured industry...
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In order to enjoy all your favorite game companies, you will have to subscribe to each and every one that pops up. Not like cable where you pay 1 fee for multiple channels. Or Netflix where you have multiple movies and TV shows for 1 price. No. As an example, you will pay EA $100 per year, Capcom $100 per year, Ubisoft $100 per year, Activision $100 per year and so on to enjoy full benefits of all your favorite companies. And no matter if it's the whole game you can play. It's still paying monthly to **Demo** a game. Eliminating free demos gamers used to get to know if you like a game before buying.
That's not all. You won't be trading in your digitally purchased games. You won't be lending a friend a game. You will have to be connected to the internet because the company needs to verify you purchased the game with a ping on your system. And that happens every day you play which is 24 hour check ins. Sound familiar? It's 2013 all over again with a new name. The game vaults just a carrot to get you to buy into what gamers shunned almost 5 years ago.
These companies have become so greedy beyond the micro transactions, dlc, loot boxes and season passes, they not only want to cut the middle man out (gamestop,steam,etc)and get paid 100% directly, but it will, if it becomes standard, be a detriment to the industry. They claim unoticed games will sell more this way. Sony makes and promotes smaller games and AAA games without resorting to services. And they sell. Not all GTA sales. But enough for the market it's targeted too.
It's an excuse from EA and company. And a way to destroy game ownership and kill used games. And making games with less content to sell you the rest of it later for massive profits. Don't be fooled. They only changed the name. Not their DRM plans from 2013.
Sorry, but I don't trust a word coming from companies that have continuously shafted gamers over the past years.
Tell us why we should believe you.
Christ, give it a rest! no one is forcing you to sign up for a subscription. Does Netflix negate Blu ray and 4k? Are gamers really this brain dead?
Bioware devs better keep their mouth shut, or else EA will put on its executive meddling pants on and force them to make Anthem subscription-based, effectively burying the game so fucking hard it hits oil and making Bioware just another EA homicide.