SilverchasePath of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients Content Reveal
FiniteBanjoTencent and the fact that the game is balanced around the Pay 2 Win servers aside for a moment, I’ve kind of been turned off of PoE2 ever since I saw Elon Musk promoting it.
SolemarcIf you don’t play games that Tencent is involved in, you’re basically only playing indie games dude, they’re everywhere.
What do you mean by pay 2 win servers, POE is notoriously f2p?
Musk doesn’t play PoE, it’s just his version of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
lmfao
You’ve displayed nothing but your own ignorance
The number of games without Tencent and without any kind of spyware are nearly endless, including a selection from AAA studios and MMOs.
LINK to discussion of Path of Exile China Server where literally every aspect of the game is monetized.
So the discussion you pointed to shows the differences. Are you on the Chinese server or does it not apply to you in the slightest?
If you want your game to be published in China there is basically no way around tencent and their adjustments. I do not like that but I do not blame the gamedesigners unless they muddy their vision worldwide. Not the case here.
If you want your game to be published in China there is basically no way around tencent and their adjustments. I do not like that but I do not blame the gamedesigners unless they muddy their vision worldwide. Not the case here.
jfc bro has no short term memory. The Game. Is Balanced. Around. The P2W Servers.
Bruh, a quick google search shows me Tencent has stakes in;
Riot, Epic, Larian, FromSoft, Krafton, Ubisoft, Activision/Blizzard, GGG, Remedy, DE, Platinum, Kakao, Paradox, Discord and is a partner with Microsoft.
Who’s left in the AAA industry? Sony, Nintendo and cdpr?
It didn’t cost $480 dollars to get early access to PoE2, it cost $20 USD. Every microtransaction above that came with it bundled. Including the $480 league skin bundles.
You don’t need bank space to play endgame at all, it’s simply more convenient, people do it all the time.
Didn’t know about the Chinese server thing though, that’s interesting. But I doubt it’s responsible for funding the rest of the game. GGG is a private company we don’t know what their books look like but if you think most of the money comes from China I don’t think you’ve ever loaded into a town in PoE. Other companies like DE with Warframe and ArenaNet with GW2 would also theoretically be in the same boat.
Also, when it comes to Chinese releases, I’m pretty sure China requires you to have a local publisher so it’s questionable how much control of this, or how much of the profit GGG gets from it.
Valve
Disney
Sony
Wizards of the Coast
EA
They only have 5% of Activision last time I checked
MOST Capcom titles
miHoYo
And as you mentioned the entire Indie gaming industry.
Bruh, valve isn’t a AAA studio, they makes games as an occasional side hustle :(
What AAA games has Disney made?
Already said Sony.
When has wizards of the coast made a game?
EA is owned by the Saudi’s instead.
They still have a stake in Activision.
Sure, they don’t own Mihoyo. So that makes Mihoyo, Sony, Nintendo and cdpr right?
We’re ignoring indie, we’re talking about Tencent.
I’ve been playing the shit out of Deadlock recently and the Dota 2 International is about to start the prelims.
What are you talking about?
You started with " I don’t play Tencent games, we have heaps of games not related to them anyway" and now your down to a game that’s not been released and a game that was released in 2013.
2 games is not a lot unless counting is extremely difficult for you.
In response to your claim that Valve doesn’t make games I gave examples of multiple Valve games with millions of players including one currently in development game. You can ignore my arguments but the very least you could do is not ignore your own.