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350 points robotnikman | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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deadbabe ◴[16 Nov 25 21:23 UTC] No.45948526[source]▶
Any game with any in-app purchase at all already feels unhealthy, even if its just a trial unlock.

The healthiest games are consistently ones where you pay one large amount upfront, and then are never bothered about money again, because there is nothing else to buy. The developers are so confident you will enjoy it they don't bother with free trial offers. If you really don't like it, you just return for a full refund. Feels good.

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1. acheron ◴[16 Nov 25 21:28 UTC] No.45948562[source]▶
Nah that’s going too far. 90s shareware was sold exactly that way — free trial and pay if you want more — and there were plenty of great creative games in that category.
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2. deadbabe ◴[16 Nov 25 23:19 UTC] No.45949353[source]▶
This isn’t the 90s, they can watch a video now and see if they like it.