The more time passes, the more I want Splatoon 4 to be free to play and/or have cosmetic DLCs (in the form of weapon skins or premium catalogs or smth)
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Maybe a hot take, but I think Splatoon NEEDS free to play to flourish as a competitive game. There's just not enough sustain to keep the scene thriving with a $60 pricetag gatekeeping newcomers
I heavily disagree with this and consider this a nightmare scenario
I would HATE for stuff like catalogs to become paid (which I 100% believe would happen with a F2P model)
One of the reasons I like Splatoon is because it isn't exploitative or heavily monetized with microtransactions etc
Honestly it being F2P would increase reach, and I've thought about them making multiplayer at least free, but also I am of the mind not every game needs to aim to get all of the players. Splatoon is comfy as it is now. It doesn't need to do Switch Fortnite numbers.
yeah, it would be best for the game. They'll need some kind of subscription service so that they develop an ideal Splatoon game over time. The 2 year support idea is cool cause you pay once and get it all, but a (good!) subscription based model would help them keep focus on improvement.
Eh, I don't think Nintendo is ready to make free-to-play games on their own consoles, within the next 100 years or so... I'm not opposed to a free-to-play system though, would allow me to ignore things I don't care about, like its multiplayer
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Maybe that hampers the scene and growth but also people getting into the game playing other shooters might need to buy a Switch 2 anyways.
and "People buying a Switch 2" is a much larger pool than "People willing to pay $60 to play a specific game on their Switch 2"
Therefore, they have their own dedicated servers, and not have to rely on NSO.
I would HATE for stuff like catalogs to become paid (which I 100% believe would happen with a F2P model)
One of the reasons I like Splatoon is because it isn't exploitative or heavily monetized with microtransactions etc