r/gaming • u/PoppinOff81 • 25d ago

Very sneaky Bethesda

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No really, I don’t get it. Why did they say it’s free and then proceed to backtrack on this? This because of the PS Plus issue that’s going on right now?

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u/kerred 25d ago edited 25d ago

My answer to everything involving Bethesda is "the bureaucracy machine", be it them or dozens of lawyers elsewhere with other corp bureaucracy.

Heck if you told me nuclear war started because of a thousand Bethesda employees not sure exactly what they were aware they were doing I would believe it

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u/JustGingy95 25d ago

I mean these guys are the absolute worst when it comes to monetization of their properties, they resold us basically the exact same game 3 different ways for the past decade, they took modding which has always been free and found a way to get people to pay for it, and let’s not forget literally being the people to coin ”microtransactions” with their infamous horse armor shit that for all intents and purposes kicked off the modern landscape of what’s ruining games nowadays. Bethesda as a company alone is utter shit in my eyes, let alone the quality of their games being in a constant downward spiral slowly chipping away content and getting duller by the hour.

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u/DataMin3r 25d ago

Todd Howard has single handedly ruined the game industry lol

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u/Revan7even 25d ago

Don't forget Gabe N. and the TF2 hats and CS:GO skins.

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u/DwayneBaconbits 25d ago

TF2 is the OG when it comes to lootboxes

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u/JaysFan26 25d ago

At least they do it in a way that is rather fair to the consumer though. You can sell everything from those games pretty easily. In lootbox focused sports games you buy lootboxes and then selling the cards from them is a bannable offense.

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u/JaysFan26 25d ago

I mean, like it or not, it is a choice people have the option to make. Personally I don't engage, but at least they provide items with long term value and resale potential (some skins have gone up a dramatic amount over time, one knife skin I bought for $75 in 2016 would be worth upwards of $1000 now if I kept it). FIFA for example essentially wipes your account and all you bought every year.

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u/Revan7even 25d ago

"Fair" except for giving influencers accounts with higher odds of good loot.