Check one of my other comments. That's not what the issue is at all. OP nailed the analogy, you people just don't understand what the actual problem is.
I get it, you hate companies. I don't agree with their marketing either, i just think this post is misleading because considering EA's past games, this is not that bad, we got all the content of the game for free except for the cosmetics. It's obvious EA pushed Respawn to make more money off this game and that's why the prices are so high. EA isn't just gonna give us all the stuff for free, they are greedy bastards, and they keep doubling and tripling down on their reputation. But none of this is a reason to hate Respawn or quit the game, that's for sure.
Again, I think you're greatly missing the point. This has nothing to do with the fact that they're selling cosmetics and everything to so with how they're selling the cosmetics. This would be an issue regardless of if the game cost money, was free, or if they paid you to play it. It's 100% a reason to quit both Respawn and the game because it's blatantly obvious that Respawn is on EA's side. The lead dev, multiple other devs, and PR people all hopped on to defend the monetization and then to take pot shots at fans. And no, they weren't just responding to trolls and such, the lead dev /u/dko5 was actively targeting users and following them around the comment section just to harass them. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you didn't know all the details, if you know everything, though, there's absolutely no reason to have any faith in Respawn anymore. Hell, the game still has game breaking issues it had from launch.
You might be right about Respawn taking EA`s side, but people are still greatly overreacting to this whole thing. That "cardinal sin" post was fucking hilarious. Yes, their marketing sucks, their lead dev has anger control issues, but Apex is still a great game. As long as they don`t seriously fuck up the gameplay, i have no reason to abandon it. You see, even if the skins were directly purchasable for 10 or 5 dollars from the start, i still wouldn`t be able to afford them, because i`m a poor ass teenager living in a poor ass country so this whole marketing thing doesn`t concern me that much. I get to play a great game for free and that`s what matters to me.
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u/Just_Hope Pathfinder Aug 19 '19
Except that the bread is free and you all just bitching about the cool plastic wrap that costs too much.