This game has potential, but is utterly limited by its mountain of immoral monetization.
I would be way better if we had instead a singel, clear and fair monetization option.
I woulnd`t mind paying 60 $ per month. If it means i actually get to play everything the game has to offer.
An actually pain free War Thunder experience is all i want, gaijin.
The “grind” is part of why I and a lot of others play the game to begin with.
War Thunder’s actual gameplay, if there was no incentives to keep playing, is simply not “fun” enough on its own to be the sole reason to come back and play every day.
Just like any other MMO game - if you start with all missions completed, all items collected, all goals achieved - what’s the point?
Dude, like … you know you don´t have to play it everyday and if you just play it for skinner boxing (Press button, get treat) you´re not here for the game.
You´re just simple here, because of addiction.
People play games for the experience. Its entertainment afterall.
I like War Thunder, because i love to zoom and boom in heavy vehicles and i´m 110% percent certain i´m not the only one.
And yea, i see again how this was for nothing, Gaijin knows what they are doing. They build this mental addiction trap, afterall.
Tells again what kind of horrible people, gaijin is made up off.
Maybe you would but i know a lot of people who wouldnt, including myself
So dont give gaijin any ideas, I feel theres a non zero chance we’ll get the worst of both worlds
Immoral?
War Thunder’s monetization is a kitten compared to industry standards.
@MajloActual
PVP games clearly aren’t for you, which is fine.
Not everyone will like PVP for the sake of PVP.
I would too. But this monetization makes them a whole lot more money, everything is monetized, vehicles, modifications, crewskills.
Main issue with subscription models is global customer base.
Americans make 17 dollars/hour flipping burgers for ~3000 dollars/month.
Hungarians are happy to make 1710 dollars/month with a master’s degree working in big pharma.
Americans can easily afford such subscriptions.
Hungarians, russians, romanians, poles, balkan countries and so on likely won’t.
I know I couldn’t.
My “subscription” to travel anywhere within my county at any time with anything (train, tram, ferry, bus, metro, long-distance train, long-distance bus, rentable bikes) is a whooping 26 USD/month. If I so pleased, I could board a train and ride it 24/7 and would still have it covered by my subscription (provided I stay within my county).
60 USD/month for like, 6 hours each weekend, maybe a bit more? Insane money.
I dont think forcing people to suddenly start paying $60 a month is a good idea.
Most people spend $0-30 a year and you want to bump that to $720 per year.
If you’re willing to pay the monthly subscription to a lot of people that don’t want this mechanic, isn’t dumb enough having to pay different streaming services because one don’t have a specific content but the other does?
No reason why a subscription model can’t be alongside other types of “membership” such as existing Premium - it doesn’t have to be either/or.
Not sure I’d want to pay US$60/month even for instant access to having everything unlocked - top tier just doesn’t interest me at all, and, like many, achieving steps in “the grind” is kind of satisfying.
But I don’t see why something like that shouldn’t be available - maybe a couple of different levels - $60 for everything, $50 for all of any 1 nation, $30 for everything up to end of Tier 5, $20 for everything in any 1 mode (air/sea/land) of any 1 nation, etc…
i mean u can just not pay, but u suffer
but then suffering = happiness, so suffer then u can be happy
like me, im happy, because i spend 1k+ hours on this game to play one of my favorite tank that got butchered by Gaizine modelling
but i have fun(atleast)
Its potential is squandered by uninspired game modes 3cp and tdm on small maps. You already pay a subscription in this game (premium time). And honestly for probably the majority of players without the dopamine hit of unlocking new stuff the gameplay would get stale and they wouldnt play nearly as much and just play for a week when the updates hit then leave until the next.
There’s a lot of people that wouldn’t pay 60 a month, I wouldn’t even pay half that, heck I wouldn’t even pay a quarter of that and neither would any of my 3 kids that play…
I surely hope that I don’t have to pay more than a triple A title every month for War Thunder…
The only pack I’ve ever bought was F-4S at 50% off, and a Chinese starter pack that someone bought for me in return for a favor. 60 USD is even worse than the current predatory model for virtual vehicles.
I´m pretty sure they would do the same like they do with gaijin coins. Doing a one to one, no matter how much the currency is worth in comparisen to another.
When i hear how much content creaters say “Holy heck you guys buy alot of premiums”
and how many premiums i encounter pn average, over all gamemodes.
I doubt that number.
Yea, Paradox interactive does that right now. For 5$ you get acces to all Stellaris DLCs, that normaly would cost 200$-300$ outside a sale.
Depends - I’ve been on since 2016 and have a lot of Premiums - not sure how many, but “most” in every branch of every tree - many of them never played!!
Almost all obtained long ago and I couldn’t tell you how much I paid - but I know now I’m a lot pickier and even with 50% sale discount ain’t nothin’ guaranteed
I only ever see guides for what to buy for the sales.
The fact that sale are basically the only time anyone buys premiums should show what people are willing to spend.
I didnt buy my stuff all at once. Its been over years and i think it is safe to say that most others also do the same of buying maybe one or two vehicles a year
Contrary to popular belief, most sales don’t occur during sales.
I do get what your post was going for though.