What is a " LIVE SERVICE GAME OR GAMES AS A SERVICE " ?

[Rain]

How does it effect the consumers in a negative way also what are the benefits for the devs?

[potato]

you can't google?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service

[Rain]

Originally posted by potato:

you can't google?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service

no

[Lone Wolf]

Originally posted by Rain:

How does it effect the consumers in a negative way also what are the benefits for the devs?

benefits for the devs there get control over your game / games only leting you play them not like in the days of dvd reytail games

[JH SLOW]

you can't google?

[Lone Wolf]

Originally posted by slow:

you can't google?

mite not what read goolge crap mite what info from gamer,s and there thoughts.

[Kargor]

Used tobe called an MMO in the old days -- it's an online game where they occasionally add new content.

[Rain]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Used tobe called an MMO in the old days -- it's an online game where they occasionally add new content.

cant play offline or when the servers go down?

[The nameless Gamer]

In theory, it's a game which gets updated with new content over the years, gets re-tweaked, rebalanced and changed over a long period of time. Practically applied though, it's pretty much a legalized scam where the companies want a LOT more than they actually deliver.