• concrete_baby@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      3 years ago

      I just learned what had become of two franchises I loved, Rollercoaster tycoon and Simcity. It seems to me that they have been leeching off classic and successful IPs, filling them with microtransactions and making cheap idle games for profit.

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          3 years ago

          Hasbro

          Who, as the makers of the original lootbox game (Magic), have managed to turn it into both ultra-shiny cardboard for collectors (Secret Lairs, Collector Boosters) and a pretty-reasonable F2P game that people actually can and do play for free (Arena).

          And yet they keep fucking up with Dungeons & Dragons. Go figure.