• LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    Ok, I feel like I was transported to an alternate dimension where these words mean something.

    I read the article, and it was full of references to other things I have no idea about.

    What the hell is a live service game?

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      1 year ago

      I like to imagine, “live service” is a buzzword so investors think that the game will constantly make money. After seeing how hard the Avengers game flopped I’m surprised they would announce this.

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      1 year ago

      A game that receives updates in a regular manner. There is an expectation that players support these updates by buying things, and to encourage this live service games tend to have things that try to be habit-forming or are available for limited periods of time, such as battlepasses.

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      1 year ago

      Destiny 2 is a live service game. Many of the voice actors in the game are employed to narrate lines as game expansions are released (dlc) over several years