Helldivers 2 director believes "live service is a good thing" for the industry, but only if games don't "nickel and dime" for skins after charging $70

[LIONT4MER]

Helldivers 2's game director has said live service games need to "be kind to users" and not charge $70 up front before adding more microtransaction skins.

Helldivers 2 game director, and up until recently Arrowhead Game Studios CEO, Johan Pilestedt recently gave a talk at the 'Nordic Game' conference in Sweden, where he addressed the problems facing live service games. "Live service is a good thing for the games industry - if it's done right," Pilestedt begins in the clip just below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1d1099u/johan_pilestedt_doesnt_sugarcoat_it_by_calling

I think it's pretty obvious he has a point and after the likes of the Suicide Squad KTJL, it's even more evident that these GaaS titles don't justify their huge price tag.

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Helldivers 2 director believes "live service is a good thing" for the industry, but only if games don't "nickel and dime" for skins after charging $70 upfront

Johan Pilestedt speaks on live service trends

www.gamesradar.com

 

[StringofCurses]

BASED AF
Suicide Squad KTJL was a prime example of throwing your money into a bottomless cesspool of failure and microtransactions
Im glad Helldivers 2 (despite the recent ACC link controversies) is continuing to dominate the live service market

 

[TheBigLebowsky]

As a Destiny 2 and Warframe player, even I had to play the game to see what the hype was about and sure enough, it even caught up to my favorite YTbers too like Evan

 

[Surprising62]

With more and more bland arena shooters and GaaS titles, I think Helldivers 2 is one of a kind here, honestly reminds me when IGN actually made a based blog post a couple months back

https://twitter.com/x/status/1763625525036175639

 

[NumeroUno778]

Clocked 18+ hours now and Helldivers 2 easily deserves all the praise and affection it gets, not to mention the community is both comical and wholesome asf lmao

 

[Muzammil]

After the recent fiasco with the sony PlayStation account linking required, I don't really trust Arrowhead to keep in line with fans expectations but eh I ll want to be proved wrong

 

[Azazel]

My opinion on live service isnt something good but Helldivers 2 made me a believer that when done right with the fans and their enjoyment in mind, a good GaaS title can be worth it.
HOWEVER, yea I ain't paying 70 bucks for it lmao

 

[MrLightningZoltt11]

Sounds MORE OR LESS like he was targeting that suicide squad game lmao, I don't mind but its hilarious how that game flopped hard and Helldivers 2 continues to dominate despite lower player count and the controversies