{"id":273018,"date":"2024-02-10T06:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=326116"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:04:56","slug":"the-games-seeing-it-coming-are-already-starting-to-promote-themselves-as-subscription-free-and-battle-pass-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-games-seeing-it-coming-are-already-starting-to-promote-themselves-as-subscription-free-and-battle-pass-free\/","title":{"rendered":"The games, seeing it coming, are already starting to promote themselves as &#8220;subscription-free and battle pass-free&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After potential players interested in &#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/analysis-of-suicide-squad-killing-the-justice-league-the-game-of-the-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League<\/a><\/strong>&#8216; gave the game a hard time when it prematurely announced that it would be another one of the famous &#8220;games as a service,&#8221; the producers are starting to backtrack and change their plans as best they can. This is the case with Krafton and &#8216;Subnautica 2&#8217;: <strong>a few days ago, a slide from a presentation was leaked<\/strong> showing that it would be another service to religiously pay for every so often, and the reaction has been such that the clarification has been excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Subnautica\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/604dc726-96d1-11e6-881c-00163ed833e7\/1854368613\/subnautica-ICON.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Subnautica<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/subnautica.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/subnautica.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service? No no, you read it wrong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unknown Worlds, the game developer distributed by Krafton, wanted to make it clear today that &#8216;Subnautica 2&#8217; goes -paradoxically- against the current trend: you put it, you play it, and that&#8217;s it. <em><strong>&#8220;There are no season passes. There are no battle passes. There are no subscriptions&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, they said in a lengthy statement that preceded the removal of that slide in the presentation. 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