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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I found out recently that steam now let's devs create subscriptions as opposed to one-time charges, so it's 110% that

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ain't no way I'll pay that.
I would have discussed if it meant a one time payment but hell nah.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I mentioned one time pay.
If it's that expensive, I can't help you (or the devs) because I won't play it then :-)

[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They already added a subscription.

Up front cost cannot cover the ongoing API costs they must be paying for Google Maps. So either this has to be free and just a front end for the same shit, or they'll still end up net negative.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 5 points 2 months ago

They are adding a "Steam pass", which doesn't let you play on the web and your web subscription doesnt let you play the Steam version. Just play Geotastic instead.

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Trading Cards and probably TF2 hats.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Can run a little bitcoin mine in the background this way