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[–] alexc@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This is because we feel we paid for something that expects nothing in return.

When you pay for a game that includes add ons and microtransactions, all of a sudden we‘re back to being a marketing target, and we implicitly know we‘re pushed to spend money.

We play games to escape the real world…

[–] Flipper@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I think it is okay to have a dlc IF it is fairly priced, there is proper content included and the base wasn't gutted for it.

Positiv example would be Factorio. Negative example is Stellaris.

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 21 hours ago

I've been wanting to spend more money towards the development of Factorio. I've played around 1500 hours before the DLC and they have very limited merch. While I am usually sceptical towards DLC in general, it was a no-brainer in this case.

They should sell some more merch though.

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