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PC Gamer: Ubisoft says Trackmania is not subscription-based, you just pay for it multiple times
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they are asking for 10 dollars a year. the wording is stupid, but this is hardly newspeak to hide the cashgrab. they probably just meant non-auto renewing subscription and said this to contrast it to auto-renewing ones, yet people are willing to compare this to the most blatant recent cashgrabs.
This is no battle pass sadly, that would mean that the free version would be complete but that's not the case. The complete game with full features cost 10€ per year, which is nothing if you care about the game but still annoying.
I have, my point isn't about Ubisoft's recent dev output or Trackmania in general, it's a reference to their PR bullshit on terms like below:
this. Not worth getting angry about.
They could have told that better, Because on the face it it, it's us consumers that don't know what the literal definition of a subscription is
I can get them having trouble figuring out how to make money from Trackmania since the games only seem to do well when they're literally free, but wow this is a weird and confusing way of trying to tackle that problem.
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Microscription
Microscriptions are extremely small subscriptions that generate revenue and provide access to digital content.
Microscriptions are extremely small subscriptions that generate revenue and provide access to digital content.
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Nadeo Lead just had something to come back on with this.
Seems like instead of needing to cash out on new sequels or dlc he wants to pay for the future of the game with a sub instead since it'll be easier to just throw everything under one banner.
Trackmania isn't even popular enough for this, it has a hardcore following but it's super nitche what the fuck
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Nadeo Lead just had something to come back on with this.
Seems like instead of needing to cash out on new sequels or dlc he wants to pay for the future of the game with a sub instead since it'll be easier to just throw everything under one banner.
Hylis said:
Sounds like when they said it's not a subscription, they meant you don't have to pay monthly to keep playing. The original comment was also made by a non-native english speaker, so perhaps people can calm down a bit about all this?
Do the time run out when you're not playing? Or it's based on playtime? Because the former is actually a convincing proposal.
I think this is probably the reason why they're doing it, actually. Not enough money coming in, so squeeze the few fans we have dry.
how is ten dollars a year (or 60 for three years for the deluxe version) squeezing anyone dry? this is a game people put thousands of hours into, in afranchise that gave whole entries away for free and always provided a free entry for newcomers. I legitimately do not understand the point people are trying to make in here???
I feel the same way. This seems like a last-ditch plan to keep things afloat. Poor Trackmania.
Eh, it's a figure of speech. I meant in the sense of ramping up monetization compared to how it was before.
So if you just play it casually you have to shell out 60 and you can't even keep it? Do you see why your argument makes no sense. Not everyone wants to put 1000 hours into Trackmania. I'd argue that the vast majority wouldn't even play it for 50 houra total. You still want to own something you paid for, though.
Not to defend the model (I don't like it), but there's a F2P access too. You never lose that.
if you want to play it casually, you shell out zero dollars AND get to keep it.
there is nothing of interest for anyone playing the game for sub 50 hours in that three year $60 package, which is entirely geared for people interested in Trackmania as an e-sport.
If you're just playing casually why on earth would you buy the 3 year deluxe sub. Just play for free version.
Yep.
Subscription to MMO or any streaming / store is the promise of new contents through time. That the whole point of it.
Apart from the Ubisoft exec talking crap, why am I annoyed about this? Seems like a reasonable model.
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that Jim Sterling is one of the only people on my subscription feed that posted content yesterday and it was on this? Isn't he supposed to be liberal and he couldn't wait another day to drag on Ubisoft? Or better yet coment on the current situation?
His typical audience is probably not particularly into the BLM movement.
I know he would speak out against gamergate types in the past and post here and the old place before he became "all my content must be negative to get all the money" so maybe thats changed. Disappointing.
