{"id":25188,"date":"2024-02-12T16:33:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/25188\/helldivers-2-director-says-devs\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:33:50","slug":"helldivers-2-director-says-devs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=25188","title":{"rendered":"Helldivers 2 Director Says Devs Should \u2018Earn the Right to Monetize\u2019 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helldivers 2 Director Says Devs Should \u2018Earn the Right to Monetize\u2019 Games\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arrowhead Game Studios&#39; high-octane third-person shooter <strong>Helldiverse 2<\/strong> has been a success since its release a few days ago.  Recently, in response to someone on social media, the game&#39;s creative director made his thoughts on monetization of releases known.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"is-style-normal is-style-heading-rubik\" id=\"h-resisting-the-pay-to-win-model\">Resisting the pay-to-win model<\/h2>\n<p>In a post on  They added how many &#8220;live services&#8221; end up &#8220;dying because they seek greed instead of pleasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to this, director Johan Pilestedt \u2013 who is also CEO of Arrowhead \u2013 said that game developers \u201cmust earn the right to monetize\u201d.  The response also makes it clear that the Helldivers studio is open to optional support, &#8220;but we never force anyone to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou have to earn the right to monetize\u201d \u2013 I truly believe that.  If people want to support this title, they have a choice, but we never force anyone to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pilestedt\/status\/1756522924121485337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This is a rather refreshing stance, especially in an age where many <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> game companies are eager to &#8220;give a nudge&#8221; to players after a title&#39;s launch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helldiverse 2<\/strong> was released on February 8 on PS5 and PC to great praise.  At the time of writing, the game has a score of &#8220;Mostly Positive&#8221; on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/553850\/HELLDIVERS_2\/\">Steam<\/a>.  The sequel also changes things up from its predecessor \u2013 released in 2015 \u2013 by being in third person rather than top-down.<\/p>\n<p>However, as with many new releases these days, there were some issues during launch, with fans experiencing crashing errors.  Fortunately, the studio looked into the matter, and a recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helldivers2\/status\/1756739881089618149\">post on<\/a> said he was &#8220;performing live server maintenance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helldivers 2 Director Says Devs Should \u2018Earn the Right to Monetize\u2019 Games\u060c Arrowhead Game Studios&#39; high-octane third-person shooter Helldiverse 2 has been a success since its release a few days ago. Recently, in response to someone on social media, the game&#39;s creative director made his thoughts on monetization of releases known. 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