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PC Gamer: Ubisoft says Trackmania is not subscription-based, you just pay for it multiple times

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Dest

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Ubisoft clarifies that Trackmania is subscription-based, but 'it's not the point'

Some Trackmania fans are unhappy with the pricing scheme on the upcoming reboot.
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"Actually it's not a subscription model but an access to the game for a limited time. You pay for having access to the game for one period and that's it," a Ubisoft rep wrote. "When the time is over, you have to buy the game again for the time that you want to access it again."
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I don't understand how or why anyone would think this is anything but a subscription model. As mentioned in the article, this is like "surprise mechanics" all over again.

It's a very creative way to describe a subscription without calling it a subscription, and predictably it hasn't smoothed the waters: Several redditors in this thread equate the response to EA's 2019 description of loot boxes in videogames as "surprise mechanics."
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Game companies are gonna put The Hard Drive out of business by the end of the year.
 
Jedi2016

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So... it's not a subscription, it's more like a yearly fee, right? Well, that certainly clears things up.
 
Tagyhag

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The rep in question.

Wonder what they'll blame when this game sells much less than the previous Trackmania games.
 
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Lant_War

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It's not a subscription. You just pay for it to obtain it for a period of time, then after that expires you lose access and have to pay again. Glad they cleared it up.
 
Tidus9000

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"you're not paying a subscription, your paying for the game multiple times"

Well that just sounds even worse than a subscription
 
VanWinkle

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...what? Paying for access to a game (or service) for an allotted time is LITERALLY what a subscription means, lol.
 
Crossing Eden

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"Actually it's not a subscription model but an access to the game for a limited time. You pay for having access to the game for one period and that's it," a Ubisoft rep wrote. "When the time is over, you have to buy the game again for the time that you want to access it again."
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.......aka a subscription?
 
.exe

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I fucking knew Ubisoft/Nadeo would screw up the game's potential somehow. Guess this is it.
 
PlanetSmasher

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I'm sorry what. How is "you're buying access to the game for a limited time and then when it's over you buy it again" not a subscription model?
 
Hektor

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im done with videogames

i will now collect vhs of obscure and forgotten ussr propaganda cartoons instead

better hobby
 
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