Arc Raiders Is Already One of the Biggest Extraction Shooters Ever on Steam - IGN
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Arc Raiders has only been out a day, but it has already surpassed a Steam concurrent peak player count of 264,673, making it one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Valve's platform.

Arc Raiders has only been out a day, but it has already surpassed a Steam concurrent peak player count of 264,673, making it one of the biggest extraction shooters ever on Valve’s platform.

  • warm@kbin.earth
    96·
    1 month ago

    Skins and such that cost as much as the game itself. The industry has gone crazy and consumers keep sucking it up.

    • tortina_original@lemmy.worldEnglish
      115·
      1 month ago

      “Shoves MTX in your face like crazy” = skins in a STORE tab?

      Yeah, don’t think I will continue the conversation.

      • warm@kbin.earth
        34·
        1 month ago

        One look at the menus says otherwise, but I’d rather not continue the conversation anyway.

        • tortina_original@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          1 month ago

          We are certainly not playing the same game, then. All good.

          Edit: so, finally back home and started the game. Main screen, after game loads has 0 references to MTX. Zero. Only and only when you go to STORE tab do you get to see anything. Or if you click on RAIDER TOKENS section in the top right. Nothing else, anywhere.

          So while I love shitting on game devs, I prefer to do it for a good reason, and not based on lies. You might not like the prices and that’s perfectly ok, noone likes them.

          But that does not equal “shoving MTX in your face”.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I’ll agree with the other comment; ARC does not shove then in your face. The only time you see that stuff can be purchased is when you go to the customization menu. That’s it. You also get some of the premium currency for free.

      I’m pretty confident theyll handle it well because in The Finals I’ve been playing for about ~2 years and have purchased most of the battle passes and some outfit stuff, all with putting no money into the game. This is a $40 game. I suspect it will be handled well.

      You can purchase extra stuff, but you can’t say it’s shoved in your face. It definitely is not. It’s just a way to get extra money from whales. I think it’s probably not smart for a game to ship without some MTX at this point. You can make the game cheaper for most people by having the whales fund it. It’s practical.