No because the motivation to make that decision and the solution to the problem are entirely different. With forcing people to buy DLCs the motivation is to make more profit off existing customers and the solution to cut down on the playtime required is giving money to the developers. It’s a pay to progress. Whereas with fromsoft games, the decision to not include difficulty options is an artistic one, not a financial one designed around splitting the game into pieces and requiring users to play to progress. (You could argue all artistic decisions in games are also financial ones because the art in question must market itself by it’s content but that doesn’t make these two scenarios any more similar). Games not providing a easy route through due to artistic decisions and games splitting themselves into segments to maximize profit are not really comparable decisions.
Not really because you not being able to play the game makes fromsoft less money than you being able to beat it. If you could beat it, there’s a chance you might buy the DLC, whereas not being able to complete the game discourages you buying another fromsoft game in the future. This is why elden ring has some level of “easy mode” through co-op summoning, mimic tears and over leveling.
It’s not expropriation. That’s like saying you were scammed for buying a game that you don’t meet the system requirements for and can’t play it because it doesn’t run.
Yes, because not including difficulty settings is the exact same as extorting money out of consumers.
if you can’t play a game you brought than it is, yeah!
No because the motivation to make that decision and the solution to the problem are entirely different. With forcing people to buy DLCs the motivation is to make more profit off existing customers and the solution to cut down on the playtime required is giving money to the developers. It’s a pay to progress. Whereas with fromsoft games, the decision to not include difficulty options is an artistic one, not a financial one designed around splitting the game into pieces and requiring users to play to progress. (You could argue all artistic decisions in games are also financial ones because the art in question must market itself by it’s content but that doesn’t make these two scenarios any more similar). Games not providing a easy route through due to artistic decisions and games splitting themselves into segments to maximize profit are not really comparable decisions.
it’s still extorting money, even if the reason for it wasn’t extortion at first.
Not really because you not being able to play the game makes fromsoft less money than you being able to beat it. If you could beat it, there’s a chance you might buy the DLC, whereas not being able to complete the game discourages you buying another fromsoft game in the future. This is why elden ring has some level of “easy mode” through co-op summoning, mimic tears and over leveling.
it’s still expropriation regardless of the level going on, too. 50% scamming is 50% better than 100% scamming but it’s still scamming someone
It’s not expropriation. That’s like saying you were scammed for buying a game that you don’t meet the system requirements for and can’t play it because it doesn’t run.