I like to remind people that if they didn’t botch the launch and scam everyone, all these free content patches would have been DLC. They are literally buying reputation back with these patches by not charging for them. Yet everyone thinks this is simply goodwill or some personal rehabilitation campaign. It is not. It’s about money and the ability to scam again in the future. Mark my words.
They absolutely , horrendously butchered their prelaunch publicity, and the whole world roasted them for it, rightfully so. And I think if they do make another game, they’re gonna be put under a microscope for any future mistakes.
But I mean, they’ve added everything they said they were going to, plus an absolute ton of other content on top of that. For free. For a decade. I feel like that counts for something. If it were actually a scam, they would have just taken the money and ran, like you’re implying.
Is there anything about the game you think is still missing?
Is there an argument you’d like to make against my conclusion? Or is applying an arbitrary expiration date to other’s interests your way of getting your point across?
Either way, I’m a fan of NMS. But I’m also familiar enough with Marxism to know better than to anthropomorphize a corporation by lending it forgiveness when that corporation would have been penalized or dissolved for its scam by any governmental regulatory body worth its salt.
The only rational play is to forever hold Hello Games accountable for its scam. Free content patches isnt rehabilitation. Firing Sean Murray, or facing criminal justice would be one avenue.
My comment was referring to Sean Murray (“personal rehabilitation”).
But to address your point, do you believe Hello Games is rehabilitated? I don’t think they were ever the problem. It was marketing and leadership, not the entire group of devs.
I like to remind people that if they didn’t botch the launch and scam everyone, all these free content patches would have been DLC. They are literally buying reputation back with these patches by not charging for them. Yet everyone thinks this is simply goodwill or some personal rehabilitation campaign. It is not. It’s about money and the ability to scam again in the future. Mark my words.
They absolutely , horrendously butchered their prelaunch publicity, and the whole world roasted them for it, rightfully so. And I think if they do make another game, they’re gonna be put under a microscope for any future mistakes.
But I mean, they’ve added everything they said they were going to, plus an absolute ton of other content on top of that. For free. For a decade. I feel like that counts for something. If it were actually a scam, they would have just taken the money and ran, like you’re implying.
Is there anything about the game you think is still missing?
10 years is a long time to hold a grudge
Is there an argument you’d like to make against my conclusion? Or is applying an arbitrary expiration date to other’s interests your way of getting your point across?
Either way, I’m a fan of NMS. But I’m also familiar enough with Marxism to know better than to anthropomorphize a corporation by lending it forgiveness when that corporation would have been penalized or dissolved for its scam by any governmental regulatory body worth its salt.
The only rational play is to forever hold Hello Games accountable for its scam. Free content patches isnt rehabilitation. Firing Sean Murray, or facing criminal justice would be one avenue.
I love it how trust was destroyed so profoundly, we effectively slam the door shut on these people to rehabilitate, should they ever want to.
Not that it matters in the medium-term.
My comment was referring to Sean Murray (“personal rehabilitation”).
But to address your point, do you believe Hello Games is rehabilitated? I don’t think they were ever the problem. It was marketing and leadership, not the entire group of devs.
maybe they would have charged, but you can’t say that for certain. there are many games that had a good launch with free content post launch. however…
the game came out almost 10 years ago. it’s time for people to let it go.
the price of admission far outweighs the value of the current game.