PC Gaming · 4 months ago

Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early

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Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early

PC Gaming · 4 months ago

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Paying to access a game like Assassin's Creed Shadows three days early is now just standard practice

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No, they didn’t. Its just brain dead people they get to pay.
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  It takes two, the publisher to offer the deal and buyers to take the deal.

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