You say it’s a prejudice, but then you only give arguments to contradict it.
In addition, expectations have also been created.
Blizzard has done their best in recent years to keep expectations low. Mountains of negative news reports give me no hope that they will do their best now.
In addition, I would rather see a decent game for 20 euros than another F2P raped game. It can still be such a good game, but the moment F2P is added everything has to give way. A good example is Asphalt. Quite an OK racing game, and without playing F2P via Netflix. However, only the option to pay is gone and it is extra noticeable that it is pay to win. Timers are still there because otherwise you can finish it in a few hours because there isn’t much to do.
Publishers screwed up themselves. A $70 game is still full of micro transactions, so a $20 game without it is impossible. Would also be weird if you can buy ingame currency for 100 euros and the entire game for 20.
But, in addition, it is apparently possible on the Switch, and not on a device that costs 2 to 3 times as much.
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