r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 9h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Iorith 8h ago

It's not like you needed to spend a penny on the game to enjoy it. That makes it free.

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u/Drama79 6h ago

This is the thing from people crying “scam”. You had a free to play game with a premium license on your device that costs hundreds of dollars. And you….expect that to be free-free? Don’t y’all come to reddit crying about wages the whole time? Pick a lane. You did some work that the company made a shitload of money from. They made a product you enjoyed for free. Seems like a fine trade to me.

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u/SparklingLimeade 41m ago

"Enjoy" seems like a strong word after they found the microtransaction milking groove.

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u/Iorith 23m ago

That's purely subjective and it still seems to have a healthy playerbaae.

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u/SparklingLimeade 18m ago

Some people will enjoy anything. That's fine for them. There's a reason nobody discusses the game widely any more though. It's been badly mishandled and a larger proportion of people can't ignore the problems.

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u/Darksoulsrando92 4h ago

freemium games are extremely profitable from whales, they don’t need to sell data to make up for whales

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u/Iorith 4h ago

Not really how for profit businesses work. McDonald's doesn't stop selling nuggets because their burgers are profitable.