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.
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.
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
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creamed_eels@toast.ooo · 38 pts · 2y
Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml · 33 pts · 2y
These live service games make me want to full time die
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y
I want to overtime die when I see what happened to AAA games in general
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y
Soon playing multiple games will be as exhausting as working multiple jobs!
FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
Of course it will lol
LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch · 5 pts · 2y
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?
CluckN@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
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.
xep@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
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.
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
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
dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 2y
Who is playing this shit? Who was playing guardians of the galaxy game?