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The glory days of Epic Games are long gone and Tim Sweeney is a god damn moron.

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

At least the shit is all cosmetic not like EA sports games with their UT packs I guess. Low bar.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

It might be cosmetic, but it can be sold, which fuels the addiction mechanic. EA is bad, too, but this whataboutism.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I think difference is EA is more a game company so people see a game they like then judge the monetization because its a full priced game that turns out to have f2p monetization.

But, Valve is more judged for its experience as a launcher and less for its games. So with the launcher itself being the draw things like Valve game lootboxes can be something people are completely unexposed to as they play other games.

But, EA is still at a stage where the products that receive the most visibility are their games, and the launcher and services side so underwhelming it isn't a selling point.

Its like Costco versus a company known for its pizza. Costco is a warehouse store people love going to that happens to sell pizza, but is judged on multiple things that draw them there over other stores as opposed to pizza. A pizza company is just known primarily for its pizza so judged on the quality of their pizza.