As Helldivers 2’s Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing

since Hellraiser 2 Developer Arrowhead uses the PlayStation shooter to deploy the opening sequence of the game’s first-ever crossover kill zone – Yesterday, there was some serious backlash over the prices players were asked to pay for these new goodies. Now, CCO Johan Pilestedt has confirmed that the gear was originally released as war bonds, before the studio requested it be released as a separate supermarket item.

as we reported yesterday Players are very dissatisfied with this kill zone One thing about equipment is the fact that the new Assault Rifle and Armor sets charge a pretty high amount of Super Points individually. The total you see is about half to 6/10ths of a full Warbond per person.

Of course, one of the big questions that dissatisfied players immediately had about this thing was why it wasn’t released as Warbond, which at least means people could lump all the Killzone stuff together and easily tell at a glance how they A lot of money was paid in total. even if – as Some on Reddit Already admitted – this probably won’t stop people complaining about the real problem, which is the high super credit prices being charged.

As it turns out, leaks that suggested the collaboration would be a war bond rather than individual parts of supermarket gear were legit.

“Sorry you feel the price is too high and we are taking all feedback into account,” he wrote on Twitter. “The reason we changed it from War Bonds to War Bonds was actually because people were concerned that higher priced War Bonds would bring to the negative sentiment. He also addressed the overall pricing trend of games in another reply, writing: “This is an ecosystem that needs to be sustainable. If we make things you like, we can stay in business and make More of what you want to like…and then it just keeps going until it doesn’t work and the story ends there.

Meanwhile, after visiting the Helldivers 2 Discord server during the day yesterday Address some pricing criticismsArrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani continued into the evening, responding to more people.

One of the most notable things he said was in response to a player’s question asking whether Sony has any influence over the pricing of items in the game. “Of course, it’s a partnership, but we are the ones behind the decisions,” Jorjani replied. “The responsibility is on us.”

He also revealed, as part of explaining his point, that the more players buy gear like Killzone, the better the gear will be. Arrowhead will release free updates like Illuminate: “Part of Omen of Tyranny is CO-DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED We can’t make this possible unless you support us with your super credit purchases.

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