This has to be the funniest PR disaster in video game history. "Guy did not forsee players getting mad for locking a gamemode behind a $250 edition, doubles down on it and tells people to chill out"

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[–] Zess@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The game recently had a big spike in players after selling an overpriced DLC. Seems like his PR stunt paid off.

[–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Source? There's no publicly available info on player counts other than BSGs word, so I'm calling BS

[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is definitely a buzz, the SPT (single player Tarkov mod) servers have been constantly overloaded for days now

[–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes but the comment i replied to is insinuating that EFT active players are up despite the community backlash

[–] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I believe it. Multiple friends of mine updated to play and see the streets changes when this press cycle hit, a few even shared footage of suspicious noiseless head/eyes deaths while they were in enclosed spaces. If it has been long enough, just the words escape from tarkov will send some fans back, negative experiences suspended.