Skate's Internal Free-to-Play Rules Are Promising
The upcoming Skate blew long-term fans of the franchise away when it was first revealed through leaks in back in April, and the game is now thoroughly dominating the discourse of the skating-game community and beyond. With the last franchise title releasing over a decade ago with Skate 3, fans are more than eager to dust off their boards after so long.
That being said, the hype surrounding Skate recently took a serious hit. With the announcement that the game is set to be live-service and free-to-play, many fans instantly thought of the worst that these kinds of games have offered historically, although it has come to light that these worries may be relatively unwarranted.
Skate 4 Developers Ask Fans Not to Play Leaked Game
The buzz surrounding the new Skate title has been stifled recently due to information that changed the shared opinion that many fans previously held about the game. With the announcement that Skate will be live-service and free-to-play, the prospects of the game went from sure-fire success to uncertainty. It is no secret that live-service games are inherently controversial, with many players instead wanting a title to be complete upon its release, without the need to be beefed-up with post-launch content. It can be said that this aspect of Skate is less important, though, with the fact that it is free-to-play being the dominant cause for concern for many within the franchise's community.
Free-to-play titles need to be monetized somehow, and microtransactions are the obvious and often inevitable answer. Given EA's shaky track record with microtransactions, it is no wonder that fans greeted the news of Skate's free-to-play model with worry and skepticism. Knowing the backlash that would ensue, EA has
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