Now the big question is, are subscriptions going to be used fairly and will there be rules to prevent subscriptions from getting straight up predatory?
The benefits of subscriptions seems really attractive but also… it would mean you’d have to partially re-design or change some parts of your game to make a subscription service fit in.
Will there be rules to prevent this from being used for Pay-2-Win?
Will we get settings and systems that auto-cancel for those who forgot they had a subscription in the first place or at the very least be able to disable auto-renewal?
I struggle to find a good use for subscriptions other than for VIP in club and hangout games.
How would you even implement subscriptions in something like a competitive game in a fair way?
Even something like subscriptions for skins and cosmetics sounds ridiculous.
You should only have to pay for something once and then own it forever.
I actually don’t want to copy/paste what I said on a different post about subscriptions so here’s a link for whoever is interested in reading my opinion.