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jnovekyesterday at 9:27 PM3 repliesview on HN

What will the negative impact of this law be, exactly? Hurting live service games which are already cancer?


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Sharlinyesterday at 9:29 PM

It incentivizes subscription-based games.

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agoodusername63yesterday at 9:32 PM

> However, it excludes games provided via subscription services, free-to-play games, and games that are inherently playable offline indefinitely.

Live service games overwhelmingly fall into exactly this category. If anything they're being incentivized over making a game that has an online multiplayer but focus being singleplayer or anything intended to be released and moved on from.

wilgyesterday at 9:29 PM

No it will make everything a live service game

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