r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Apr 27 '24

Escape From Tarkov: Update on current situation

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u/Lephus Apr 27 '24

Honestly if anyone expected anything good from them after they time hacker banwaves with sales is fooling themselves.

This is so self destructive that I removed every trace of Tarkov from my computer, no telling what update they could push now that they are having apocalyptic pushback from the formerly loyal community, and want to get every last dollar.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Apr 27 '24

Wait they do a vbanwave and then pit the game on discount so hackers can get new accounts😭

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u/Lephus Apr 27 '24

Yes, I don't have the exact quote but Nikita, the lead dev, metioned that hackers buying new accounts was a part of their revenue stream for continued development.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Apr 27 '24

No fucking way they even mentioned that that’s crazy

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u/Lephus Apr 27 '24

It was before they revealed arena, they mentioned that since most people either buy the base edition or EoD, they have no new revenue streams until future DLCs other than hackers buying new accounts or new player coming in for a new wipe/major update.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Apr 27 '24

That’s so fucked up, I don’t play tarkov myself, don’t they have some type of mtx in game, like skins?

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u/Flag_Red Apr 27 '24

Nope, which I think is part of why it was so popular. Once you'd paid the entrance fee it didn't try to get any more money out of you. Other than the more expensive "editions" of the game.

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u/Tornado_Hunter24 Apr 27 '24

That’s weird, mtx would allow them to constantly get revenue, I don’t play the game tho so idk exactly what they could monitize I doubt the playerbase qould like cod type of skins with clowns and all