Why Everyone Hates Escape From Tarkov

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  • @kook5423
    @kook5423 9 місяців тому +6166

    It’s insane how little respect BSG has for their loyal player base. I think this is genuinely the end of tarkov. We’ve finally escaped boys.

    • @Vandius24
      @Vandius24 9 місяців тому +426

      I bought the EoD edition back in 2017 when they promised wiping would someday come to and end now you have these annoying fans who love the wipes. I hate them and feel it's a waste of my life to keep grinding the start over and over. It's the same as a seasonal WoW character, a dumb idea.

    • @TommyWiseaoou
      @TommyWiseaoou 9 місяців тому +54

      @@Vandius24 some people hate it, and some love it

    • @intellectic9155
      @intellectic9155 9 місяців тому +124

      I escaped years ago. Game has been awful for as long as I can remember.

    • @craig9365
      @craig9365 9 місяців тому +79

      Have bad a bunch of people trying to get me to get it. I'm glad I never did. The whole not on steam and some random Russian never sat well with me. And that's not even a valid or reasonable take.

    • @f687sNFM
      @f687sNFM 9 місяців тому +34

      Ehh, i think people will whine and pay

  • @UselessGramps
    @UselessGramps 9 місяців тому +2206

    their mistake is listing the price at $250 instead of $249.99

    • @sevren
      @sevren 9 місяців тому +34

      🤯

    • @NanosoftRussia
      @NanosoftRussia 9 місяців тому +7

      Dumb take but ok

    • @yurilopes420
      @yurilopes420 9 місяців тому +364

      @@NanosoftRussia not a dumb take, you might have never heard about it, but it's called a "joke"

    • @ToothpasteJuice
      @ToothpasteJuice 9 місяців тому +119

      ​@@NanosoftRussiaever seen scary dealership. The cars aren't $25,000. The cars are $24,999.99. There's a reason

    • @headcollecter3000
      @headcollecter3000 9 місяців тому +33

      ​@@NanosoftRussiawooosshhh

  • @Viper3220
    @Viper3220 9 місяців тому +4461

    For $250, you could buy yourself and 5 of your friends a copy of Helldivers.

    • @emoment1088
      @emoment1088 9 місяців тому +525

      Or more economically, 4 Super Citizen editions for yourself and three friends, and have $10 bucks leftover for a meal later.

    • @cic3000
      @cic3000 9 місяців тому +161

      ​@@emoment1088what meal are you affording for $10? a piece of gum out of a bubble gum machine and a slice of bread?

    • @lolsalad52
      @lolsalad52 9 місяців тому +88

      the real gut punch is, to play the pve co-op with friends they all need to spend the $250 too

    • @bullseyebulldog8001
      @bullseyebulldog8001 9 місяців тому +160

      @@cic3000thats 2 breakfast burritos and a hash brown at McDonald’s

    • @AQS521
      @AQS521 9 місяців тому +15

      Or two new tires. I just had to spend about that much on two tires since i had them blow out last week.

  • @MEZNAY
    @MEZNAY 9 місяців тому +55

    Its like a an offer on free eggs at a store and the cashier says, "Its not an egg, It's a thing that is laid by a chicken that has a shell, and a yolk inside." lol

  • @gcelite36
    @gcelite36 9 місяців тому +1323

    Thank you Bethesda, for adding horse armor to Oblivion. Snowball effect is crazy.

    • @ApostleOfKabunyan
      @ApostleOfKabunyan 9 місяців тому +54

      Oblivion

    • @ThrilexzApostlez
      @ThrilexzApostlez 9 місяців тому +74

      Thanks Todd Howard

    • @gcelite36
      @gcelite36 9 місяців тому +12

      @@ApostleOfKabunyan thanks

    • @Dr.eeeeeeeeeeevil
      @Dr.eeeeeeeeeeevil 9 місяців тому

      Horse armour is easily worth 50& a pop .sk a dk boy

    • @456death654
      @456death654 9 місяців тому +68

      Thank you to the people that continue paying for this shiat

  • @Hammer1987
    @Hammer1987 9 місяців тому +737

    Isn't this fraud?
    If I bought the EoD edition prior to this change then I was promised access to all subsequent dlc. Not only are BSG not giving me the product I paid for, but they are charging me extra to get something I already paid for.
    "Yeah, you paid for this. But the deal has changed. Now you gotta pay double."
    This can't possibly be legal.

    • @mathewunknown8266
      @mathewunknown8266 9 місяців тому +203

      its the "we reserve right to change the agreement at any point for any reason" part of terms of use, which imo should be made illegal.

    • @The64332
      @The64332 9 місяців тому +28

      This is alittle unrelated but its how i felt when i bought ESO digital collectors edition or some shit like that(it was a 150 pre order) played the game until the first dlc came out and it said i didnt own it, contacted bethesda and they pretty much said well have you tried buying it? Like bruh i already did

    • @danielgpmarques
      @danielgpmarques 9 місяців тому +16

      And you going to put a lawsuit on a russian company? 🤣

    • @Furiouspenguin27
      @Furiouspenguin27 9 місяців тому +30

      @@danielgpmarquestheir HQ is in Britain

    • @godpop
      @godpop 9 місяців тому +9

      this is why they tried to say it wasn't dlc even though it is😂

  • @LordRykard9376
    @LordRykard9376 9 місяців тому +3983

    Escape from Debt: 2024.

    • @itz_otto
      @itz_otto 9 місяців тому +9

      just dont buy the unheard edition? wym

    • @GingeroFee
      @GingeroFee 9 місяців тому +108

      ​@@itz_otto it is called a joke.

    • @itz_otto
      @itz_otto 9 місяців тому +4

      bad joke, make an original joke for once @@GingeroFee

    • @kokocaptainqc
      @kokocaptainqc 9 місяців тому +147

      @@itz_otto found the tarkov dev

    • @UnknownUnknown-uc5ty
      @UnknownUnknown-uc5ty 9 місяців тому +15

      ​@@itz_otto BSG indebted itself with the promotion and development of Arena and so now they try and make up for it to develop their new Russia 2028 license. I think that was the joke.

  • @enzudesign
    @enzudesign 9 місяців тому +27

    Gamers need to stop supporting games developers that behave this way. Long as greed is supported they will continue to push for more and more

  • @658John
    @658John 9 місяців тому +2115

    2024: $250 for a game.... 2028: $1000 for "unique" armbands

    • @mega_jonne1546
      @mega_jonne1546 9 місяців тому +38

      Definetly and a 6090 needed specs fpr it and itd come out unfinished

    • @professorpenne9962
      @professorpenne9962 9 місяців тому +7

      I spent WAY less than all that on optional dlc on sunbreak, just because I wanted to make super goofy characters. some people are bonkers when they feel like whaling on a game.

    • @itz_otto
      @itz_otto 9 місяців тому +1

      its not 250 for a game. its 250 for a game and basically 10+ expansions which is the norm

    • @Busenlilly
      @Busenlilly 9 місяців тому +45

      @@itz_ottoSo it’s 250 for a game, thank you.

    • @dillon7395
      @dillon7395 9 місяців тому +17

      ​@@itz_ottobro huhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  • @dichebach
    @dichebach 9 місяців тому +644

    Unheard is effectively a replacement for an older version of the game which cost about $150, "Edge of Darkness." Edge of Darkness was billed as "get every update/expansion/DLC for Tarkov." Now they changed the deal: EOD does not include all the stuff in "Unheard." Unheard by itself costs $250 and if you have EOD in order to get the features in Unheard you gotta pay an additional $100.
    Moreover, there is an unauthorized version of the game called "Singleplayer Tarkov" SPT. SPT has been around for years. SPT _REQUIRES_ users to own a legit, paid-for version of EFT to run (it is not piracy, though admittedly it is a breach of TOS). SPT allows you to play offline in singleplayer mode (though no coop). SPT runs just as well or better than EFT. There are many mods for SPT which allow the user to expand and adjust the game as they please. Effectively SPT is 97.5% of the joy of Tarkov: but with ZERO of the bullshit of Live Tarkov (cheaters, long queue times, grindy game mechanics that can be modded to the users tastes). There is a graphics mod for SPT which improves performance AND appearance of the game dramatically. There are no other players in SPT, all opponents are Bots. Those Bots are BETTER than the ones in Live (and in Unheard) and in some ways even more challenging than non-cheating players.
    And all of this takes place after the "Wiggle That Killed Tarkov" saga from about a year ago in which a player bought cheats and demonstrated how pervasive cheating is in the game (it is epidemic). You actually did a video on that video by UA-camr G0aT.

    • @dmmyg4524
      @dmmyg4524 9 місяців тому +57

      another thing most people don't notice is SPT allows for playing on linux which is not allowed with live since they use battleye AC

    • @timmcgee8380
      @timmcgee8380 9 місяців тому +7

      Great summary 👌

    • @Millennialaire
      @Millennialaire 9 місяців тому +1

      Yesss that's what I have. Only I did have it before I bought EOD for a while.

    • @kerwynpk
      @kerwynpk 9 місяців тому +12

      Inb4 BSG goes after SPT after sinking their own game

    • @AsekeSake
      @AsekeSake 9 місяців тому +5

      Don't forget about commissions. U must pay taxes and transaction commissions.

  • @randomhero6365
    @randomhero6365 9 місяців тому +1481

    Its literally pay to win. Like AI will shoot at you less if you pay for it is absolutely insane

    • @Silentheaven89
      @Silentheaven89 9 місяців тому +49

      Not entirely. There's some negatives to having that item equipped. You also need to have 6+ fence trader rep which takes time to get. You also lose fence rep for harming scavs as a pmc and you get half exp for killing scavs as a pmc when that item is equipped. But having scavs not shoot you from 60+ meters does make you more stealthy which is a pvp advantage.

    • @InterstellarTaco
      @InterstellarTaco 9 місяців тому +308

      ​@alexandern5296 not entirely? It's literally stated on their website wtf are you going on about.

    • @Balyente
      @Balyente 9 місяців тому

      @@Silentheaven89 +6 fence trader can be done in a day. Just do the car extracts on all maps.

    • @Scvlps
      @Scvlps 9 місяців тому +21

      Scavs won't aggro if you're 60+ meters away you have 6+ scav rep which less than 1% of the player base will achieve. I'm against this version so don't think I'm trying to say this is the wrong decision but I'm not going to call this pay to win. Sniper scavs aren't relevant.

    • @Duck1en
      @Duck1en 9 місяців тому +83

      @@Silentheaven89 also they promise an item for them that allows to call friends to the ongoing raid for help

  • @minimongo9560
    @minimongo9560 9 місяців тому +13

    The biggest issue is that EOD players were told they'd get access to all subsequent DLC, such as the offline coop mode, but they're not.

    • @erlendase3354
      @erlendase3354 2 місяці тому

      I got EOD and have PvE so that can't be true

    • @flowpoi5864
      @flowpoi5864 2 місяці тому

      That comment is 7 months old​@@erlendase3354

  • @dindunuphenwong
    @dindunuphenwong 9 місяців тому +329

    There's no wiggling their way out of this after all that has happened.

    • @maxd2428
      @maxd2428 9 місяців тому +18

      I understood that reference!

    • @Pashwintime
      @Pashwintime 9 місяців тому +1

      very good

    • @-gnicE-
      @-gnicE- 9 місяців тому +1

      Solid gold.

    • @DRKLRD-kv4cm
      @DRKLRD-kv4cm 9 місяців тому +1

      As you can see, it's not likely you'll be wriggling out of this one.
      -Resident Evil Revelations

  • @SteelKreel
    @SteelKreel 9 місяців тому +1080

    The entire player base escaping with this one

    • @ElDuderinoh
      @ElDuderinoh 9 місяців тому +3

      Mid

    • @Le-sos
      @Le-sos 9 місяців тому +45

      ​@@ElDuderinohyet true

    • @gankstrap
      @gankstrap 9 місяців тому +4

      That's their idea, that's why they don't try to ban or detect hackers, their idea is to have the game horrible so you WILL NEED to pay the best bersion, so you have higher chances to win.

    • @tylertrysepi9203
      @tylertrysepi9203 9 місяців тому +9

      I've been trapped since 2018, thank God they sent me an evac route.

    • @hammurabii.3173
      @hammurabii.3173 9 місяців тому

      @@tylertrysepi9203 if you still have the itch just play SPT with more mods. Its not the same as PvP ofcourse but its a nice little singleplayer rpg shooter.

  • @2fat4airborne44
    @2fat4airborne44 9 місяців тому +440

    The changes for the EOD afterwards is actually illegal. Mindblowing how dumb DEVs can be.

    • @NoName......
      @NoName...... 9 місяців тому +6

      Not the devs fault. Its the higher ups.

    • @ManiacYKT
      @ManiacYKT 9 місяців тому +137

      ​@@NoName......But the higher up IS the lead dev

    • @Menopausal_Man
      @Menopausal_Man 9 місяців тому +113

      ​@@NoName...... You realize that BSG is a small studio where owner/CEO is also the lead developer right?

    • @2fat4airborne44
      @2fat4airborne44 9 місяців тому +115

      @@NoName...... dude...nikita is the higher up. Stop the cope. They fucked up big time. There is NO excuse for it

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 9 місяців тому +10

      Might not be illegal in Russia.

  • @DeusArtifex
    @DeusArtifex 9 місяців тому +32

    In some places it's like: monthly rent = tarkov
    Like it's literally a quarter of minimal pay per month. I can get groceries for that month in around the same amount of money. Get my car filled with gas from empty to full 5 times and drive it for 3 months. I can get that, or get tarkov to play co-op solo, because nobody out of my friends will get it to play it too, since it's just a bonkers price tag.

    • @PhurPher
      @PhurPher 9 місяців тому +1

      I wanted to add something here. The guy on stream said that the games are taking exponentially more to make, which isn't entirely true considering the tools are WAY better. But also, the supply of a game is infinite, it cost them no more money to sell to 2 compared to 1 person. And there is at least 100x more gamers than there was in lets say the 90's, probably MUCH more than that, I'd be willing to bet it's 1000s of times higher.
      ON THE UPSIDE, as stupid as this is, he is right that cheating is almost impossible to stop, but one surefire way to prevent it is to charge 250 for your game so that when you ban a cheater they're gone for good lol.

    • @maximumlevel99
      @maximumlevel99 8 місяців тому

      @@PhurPher Underrated comment.

  • @xynax7398
    @xynax7398 9 місяців тому +293

    As someone who purchased the EOD edition and after looking at my emails, I can confirm that it says:
    -Guaranteed instant access to closed beta
    -Digital copy pre-load
    -Huge size of stash (10x66)
    -Additional equipment and resources in stash
    -Initially good standings with all in-game traders
    -Unique in-game ID
    -Free access to all subsequent DLCs (Season pass)
    Edit: I purchased it in december 2019

    • @wretchelttv
      @wretchelttv 9 місяців тому +31

      Take that email to a lawyer and we have a lawsuit on our hands 🎉

    • @IIMiikexDII
      @IIMiikexDII 9 місяців тому +11

      @@wretchelttv The problem is, I doubt that would hold up in a court. Nowhere did they say the co-op mode is a DLC which I feel like would win them the case. It's super scummy and I'm not a lawyer so hopefully I'm wrong, but it seems like that would be their argument and it'd be hard to sue them.

    • @LovingJudas
      @LovingJudas 9 місяців тому +46

      @@IIMiikexDII they don't get to define DLC

    • @bencastor9207
      @bencastor9207 9 місяців тому +28

      ​@@IIMiikexDII dlc is just downloadable content. You don't get to define what is and isn't downloadable content as a developer, there's rules to classifying these things. The thing that makes it DLC is the simple fact that it's extra content for Tarkov that can be bought and added to the game but isn't necessary to own to play the game.

    • @chillcult1613
      @chillcult1613 9 місяців тому +11

      ​@@IIMiikexDIIDLC is for expanded game content i think. Which is clearly what the offline co-op is.

  • @BruceWayne-lk8tu
    @BruceWayne-lk8tu 9 місяців тому +463

    In the EU store the price doesn’t include tax and fees which is against EU law. The total comes up to 330 euros.

  • @wessredd7237
    @wessredd7237 9 місяців тому +228

    Im a tarkov player who had owned EoD for 6 years. Thank you for covering this. We need loud voices.

    • @leg0land100
      @leg0land100 9 місяців тому +5

      think ive got like 2.4k hours maybe more and still rocking my standard account haha

    • @raidenarmstrong1642
      @raidenarmstrong1642 9 місяців тому +1

      Try arena breakout infinite i really like its like tarkov but not really its a different game with different mechanics but tarkov esk ballistics.

    • @Maknorr-v8w
      @Maknorr-v8w 9 місяців тому +2

      I recently bought EoD wtf

    • @hallow6763
      @hallow6763 9 місяців тому

      ​@@leg0land100 gigachad

    • @krollgrend1888
      @krollgrend1888 9 місяців тому +1

      fbm in almost 3k hours of tarkov.

  • @forgblack5222
    @forgblack5222 Місяць тому +2

    The guy in the interview kept trying to white wash the pay 2 win aspect that was always there because he likely got that 150$ version and was trying to say he wasn't pay 2 win when it's pay 2 win. getting your stash to lvl 4 without paying real life money is an endeavor, paying an extra 100$ to have that done at the start of your wipe is a HUGE advantage. The extra space makes it so you are able to keep so much more equipment and so much more misc items around until you unlock the flea market at lvl 15 and then you get to sell that stuff at a premium on the flea market while those who have a lvl 1 storage have to sell most everything to the AI stores that will rip you off or else they just wont have any room for anything.
    This is more so with the recent addition making it so that to upgrade your hideout (which is what you have to do to upgrade your stash if you didnt pay 2 win) you need items 'Found in Raid' which means you need to keep all your misc stuff you find for future use in your hideout and if you cant physically keep them in your stash because of a lack of space it just makes it harder to upgrade your stash.

  • @UplinkAgent
    @UplinkAgent 9 місяців тому +251

    I own a copy of Tarkov, we've always complained that there should be a PvE mode (even just a single player would do) just so that we don't get smoked by sweats after coming home from our jobs, and these same sweats laugh at us telling us to just get good, with the developers telling us that it would never happen. Then people just decided to create a single player mod for Tarkov, which then the developers banned, and your Tarkov account could get banned if you used this mod.
    Now, they want us to pay for that exact same thing. Good luck with that, it should have been a part of the standard edition, and player accounts should have never been banned for playing SP Tarkov.

    • @hydra1683-m7u
      @hydra1683-m7u 9 місяців тому +17

      You can’t get banned for playing SPTarkov so long as you install it properly (it’s not hard at all to install properly, it’s actually stupid easy to do).

    • @UplinkAgent
      @UplinkAgent 9 місяців тому +45

      ​@@hydra1683-m7u I know that part, but anyone who bought the game should never get banned when using mods in the first place, regardless of how you install it, as long as it doesn't negatively impact anyone else.

    • @thetrashcanman7537
      @thetrashcanman7537 9 місяців тому +5

      When you realized you were dog sht at the game you should’ve stopped playing

    • @Draxel
      @Draxel 9 місяців тому

      ​@@thetrashcanman7537?

    • @Philpot1992
      @Philpot1992 9 місяців тому +58

      ​@@thetrashcanman7537 nah thats bad logic. You still comment despite being awful at it.

  • @Alaitoc1422
    @Alaitoc1422 9 місяців тому +246

    i'm so blackpilled about video games monetization that the only thing I can think of when seeing this is ''doesn't matter, people will empty their wallets like brain dead zombies just like all sport games players. The outrage doesn't matter, Madden and co get record sales each year that passes''.

    • @DRNOval
      @DRNOval 9 місяців тому +24

      Yea I've played tarkov on and off since alpha in 2016 and I'm in the "it doesnt matter go outside or play a diff game and realize tarkov is dying" mental

    • @hallow6763
      @hallow6763 9 місяців тому +3

      Yup

    • @Knight3434
      @Knight3434 9 місяців тому +2

      Exactly

    • @Eldenbruh
      @Eldenbruh 9 місяців тому +2

      Very true.

    • @hotrod7969
      @hotrod7969 9 місяців тому +5

      I disagree. Tarkov is a difficult and horrible game to play with very low and high moments. It's player base is very invested and have spent a ton of time on it. I have 700 hours and I just started to get better. The fanbase is pissed right now and most won't wanna play the game after this as bsg has shown they don't care about their playerbase for a while now, this is just the final straw

  • @erikwurgler
    @erikwurgler 9 місяців тому +94

    You rent all these things for $250… we all know if the company goes under, your “purchases” won’t equate to anything.

    • @DayLateGamerWill
      @DayLateGamerWill 9 місяців тому +2

      Thats why SPT is my guarantee

    • @aFoolsMartyr
      @aFoolsMartyr 9 місяців тому

      Also, they can just put out another Edition in 2 years and do the same shit again.

    • @toplel9746
      @toplel9746 6 місяців тому

      @@aFoolsMartyryup that’s what I’m thinking too, if the community falls for this one and eats it, then it’s a big chance they will do that again in the future

  • @AndYou.01
    @AndYou.01 9 місяців тому +9

    It's more than $250, because they don't include taxes in the display price, but you can't see the final price unless you create an account on their site.
    So everyone says that it's $250, when it's actually more like $300-350 after taxes, depending on your region. Same for the upgrade from Edge of Darkness edition, it's not just $100 but more like $125-150.

  • @paulboulanger5
    @paulboulanger5 9 місяців тому +107

    Reminds me of Animal Farm. The pigs would also go change the wording of the rules in the middle of the night when the other animals were sleeping.

    • @lordofcinder784
      @lordofcinder784 9 місяців тому +12

      Boxer didn't deserve the fate he got

    • @PixelSlayer247
      @PixelSlayer247 9 місяців тому +2

      @@lordofcinder784 at least now he's holding things together in a better place

    • @northernsoul01
      @northernsoul01 9 місяців тому +2

      BSG is just ahead of their time. We all know one day every AAA(or AAAA lol) video game company is going to do this one by one.

    • @JappaChow
      @JappaChow 9 місяців тому

      When shtf in 2020 did any of u pay attention? Irony

    • @jesterjake8030
      @jesterjake8030 9 місяців тому

      150$ Bad 250$ Good

  • @LuvTonique
    @LuvTonique 9 місяців тому +136

    Wait wait wait, hear me out
    In order to play co-op with a team of 4 people
    That's $1000
    Could we let that sink in? We're all focused so hard on $250. It has a four-player co-op mode, you guys. That means $1000 needs to be spent to play with 4 people co-op.

    • @minichmasteryoda
      @minichmasteryoda 9 місяців тому +19

      Its more u get taxed because u pay over their site it probably over 300 per edition

    • @ArariaKAgelessTraveller
      @ArariaKAgelessTraveller 9 місяців тому +17

      Lmao
      You could get 6 copies of helldivers 2 with 250$
      But you also have to realize
      250$ DOES NOT INCLUDE TAXES

    • @supermariogold0187
      @supermariogold0187 9 місяців тому +3

      Thats only for scav runs!! A regular pmc run can have 5 players!!

    • @Walleyedwosaik
      @Walleyedwosaik 9 місяців тому +4

      @@minichmasteryodawhich is nearly 450 aud HOLY SHIT ITS LIKE 1800 AUD

    • @MrAgiiito
      @MrAgiiito 9 місяців тому +2

      This is more 300$ for each copy.
      This is 250$ BEFORE tax

  • @toocompettoochill7716
    @toocompettoochill7716 9 місяців тому +44

    As almond said, you have a game where the community is willing to pay £150 for an edition and won't complain about microtransactions. In the way they were discussing microtransactions "cosmetic only" we were okay with. Then it was additional stash lines (more storage), it honestly helps a lot early wipe, you have more room for more kits so everyone kind of agreed it slightly pay to win but they need the revenue. The community was pissed that they put so many resources into Arena for it to flop and them need the revenue but it died down into "well they tried something to generate revenue so they don't depend on cheaters and rmt rebuying the game. It flopped. But we love tarkov so find another way to generate revenue". The subreddit was literally begging them to charge us like £10 for a cat/dog for our hideout, so we could contribute. Instead of something like that.. we have this. A massive FU to EOD accounts and a system that leans heavily into pay to win. Sad times

    • @LeQueef
      @LeQueef 9 місяців тому

      Interesting. Although I’m curious what cashew has to say about all this.

    • @robbytherob
      @robbytherob 9 місяців тому

      Arena flopped because they refused to give the players what they want

  • @LeadTech2023
    @LeadTech2023 9 місяців тому +4

    Here is the thing. I've owned Tarkov for nearly 4 years. I've played a total of maybe 20 hours. 12 of those hours were using a solo mod. I own the EOD edition, and I'd come back to play the PVE mode with friends, if not just to try it. I work a lot, so I'd probably even spend money on microtransactions. This could bring back players who do not have time to commit to a game with such a large skill ceiling. Those returning players could potentially get their friends to buy the game or even just return to it. What were they thinking?

  • @DeadOGChannel
    @DeadOGChannel 9 місяців тому +127

    They outclassed Ubisoft. They should've named it "The Unbought Edition".

  • @Sithrez
    @Sithrez 9 місяців тому +246

    They've literally trippled down, fuck em.
    Grey Zone Warfare looking real good now.

    • @FGC292
      @FGC292 9 місяців тому +19

      GZW in it's current state looks exactly like Tarkov was back in 2017. And with it's heavy focus on PvE and very, very little on PvP GZW will die very quickly.

    • @YDKMeal
      @YDKMeal 9 місяців тому +1

      @@FGC292 yea sadly the game will probably not live to be as deep as tarkov

    • @shortrates
      @shortrates 9 місяців тому

      @@FGC292based take.

    • @WalterSobchak91
      @WalterSobchak91 9 місяців тому +3

      @@FGC292probably not, but if it’s not GZW some other Indy developer will make a game like tarkov but even better. FPS devs would be insane to not circumvent an already established fan base when there’s gonna be an inevitable exodus of EFT players looking for a step up.

    • @tommyfortress7515
      @tommyfortress7515 9 місяців тому +1

      @@FGC292 i think you look at the game on a wrong viewpoint. just because it isnt PVP focused dosent mean the game will die.

  • @Polginite
    @Polginite 9 місяців тому +124

    250 DOLLARS!?!?!? does it come with a slap to the face also?

    • @drep8840
      @drep8840 9 місяців тому +18

      No but it come with "vaseline"

    • @456death654
      @456death654 9 місяців тому +3

      Gotta use that before it goes in dry

    • @wihukeon
      @wihukeon 9 місяців тому

      Gives a free kick to the balls as well.

    • @hallow6763
      @hallow6763 9 місяців тому +1

      Not 250 dollars, 250 dollars + TAX 😂😂😂

    • @kyotra
      @kyotra 9 місяців тому +1

      More like a mushroom stamp.

  • @disasster__1024
    @disasster__1024 25 днів тому +1

    4700Rand in south africa..i dont even buy that amount of food per month

  • @gasgano5587
    @gasgano5587 9 місяців тому +153

    One of the best thing about Helldivers 2 (besides the fact that this is an amazing games for 40$) is that it makes all others micro transactions "live service" games looks so ridiculous

    • @Ky0l
      @Ky0l 9 місяців тому +5

      Lmao, HellDivers is boring af

    • @orwhynotrandom
      @orwhynotrandom 9 місяців тому +42

      ​@@Ky0lwho asked?

    • @BGTournaments
      @BGTournaments 9 місяців тому +24

      @@Ky0l it's not, but that's my opinion.

    • @gasgano5587
      @gasgano5587 9 місяців тому +33

      @@Ky0l if you play 12h a day for 2months straight yes of course it is. Left 4 dead is repetitive as fuck and still being played because it's fun. Helldivers 2 gives you bunch of total to play with. If you don't know how to... That's your problem.

    • @colby8104
      @colby8104 9 місяців тому +8

      Helldivers is one of the most overhyped games I've ever played. The casuals enjoy it because it has a high production value that makes you feel like you're a part of a starship troopers like world. But after the initial appeal, the gameplay loop is sorely lacking and mind-numbingly boring.

  • @cptbuckyadome3920
    @cptbuckyadome3920 9 місяців тому +209

    I thought a wiggle killed Tarkov

    • @intellectic9155
      @intellectic9155 9 місяців тому +31

      That's around when I quit playing.

    • @AbsentQuack
      @AbsentQuack 9 місяців тому +31

      The wiggle wounded Tarkov, Nikita might have just put it down for good though.

    • @theespartanff3188
      @theespartanff3188 9 місяців тому +5

      It definitely hurt it. These are the death throes

    • @LoL9974
      @LoL9974 9 місяців тому +1

      Fr I thought the game was full of cheaters. Are they fixing the anti cheat for people that buy the $250 version?

    • @paulotremba4688
      @paulotremba4688 9 місяців тому +1

      I quit after that

  • @MMORPG87
    @MMORPG87 9 місяців тому +205

    remember ppl The OFFLINE Mode can be downloaded for free... the same one BSG is charging you 250$ for

    • @weetang9899
      @weetang9899 9 місяців тому +14

      Lol until that cease and desist letter drops - which it will. BSG wants to profit and SPT is in the way of BSG's own product.

    • @hydra1683-m7u
      @hydra1683-m7u 9 місяців тому

      @@weetang9899SPT can literally spring up ad infinitum with the quickness. It is something they will never be able to get rid of.

    • @Ghost101
      @Ghost101 9 місяців тому +32

      @@weetang9899 Except there is one problem with that logic. BSG is still making money regardless because in order to play the SPT mod, you still need a copy of Tarkov to play it.

    • @its.araragi
      @its.araragi 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@Ghost101 you can own a copy for 60$ and play SPT for offline. Thing is, they want you to pay 250$ to play offline so obviously SPT is in the way.

    • @SammyB2B
      @SammyB2B 9 місяців тому

      @@weetang9899 I've been playing SPT for about 6 months, still waiting for that cease and desist. Do you really think they have the money and the manpower to send lawyers after everyone who downloaded a free mod?

  • @whatsinthebox1835
    @whatsinthebox1835 9 місяців тому +4

    3:05 "I'm not sure what to do with my hands"
    -Ricky Bobby

  • @mthall621
    @mthall621 9 місяців тому +67

    The Devs of Tarkov couldn't have chosen a worse time to pull this stunt. Grey Zone warfare should be released later this year, Grey Zone is a large open world, which Tarkov originally promised that it was working towards. I could easily see a lot of Tarkov players jumping ship once Grey Zone is released.

    • @WralthChardiceVideo
      @WralthChardiceVideo 9 місяців тому +4

      Pretty sure its also a knee jerk reaction to the massive success of helldivers, which is not a clone, but is technically an extraction coop shooter, so nikita shat his pants a little and decides to make a coop mode after all.

    • @undercoverpeacock28
      @undercoverpeacock28 9 місяців тому +7

      @@WralthChardiceVideo that feels like a stretch

    • @ContactBurrito
      @ContactBurrito 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@undercoverpeacock28because it is a massive stretch

    • @RipOffProductionsLLC
      @RipOffProductionsLLC 9 місяців тому +1

      I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't actually in anticipation of Grey Zone Warfare, they're thinking players might jump ship once the new hot game drops, so they want to see if they can squeeze one last massive lump of cash out of the playerbase...

  • @LoliPolice-bf7mw
    @LoliPolice-bf7mw 9 місяців тому +106

    Crazy how this new PTW edition costs the same amount as an Xbox Series S

    • @sl4y3r
      @sl4y3r 9 місяців тому

      in NZ its literally $500...

    • @PxNxWxGxW
      @PxNxWxGxW 9 місяців тому

      PS5 pro might be $600

    • @LeQueef
      @LeQueef 9 місяців тому +1

      ps5 pro doesn’t exist

  • @5dollarshake263
    @5dollarshake263 9 місяців тому +108

    When the trailer said "No wipes" inside Asmons head he thought "Well, I haven't wiped in 15 months, big deal"

  • @PrayingPanda
    @PrayingPanda 9 місяців тому +4

    Meanwhile the complete editions of Skyrim and the Witcher3 can still be had for under 80 in 2024. Thousands of hours of content.

  • @gluttonusrex329
    @gluttonusrex329 9 місяців тому +61

    You can say the price is Unheard of.

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou 9 місяців тому +1

      Just like the community

    • @TheParaxore
      @TheParaxore 9 місяців тому +1

      Sheesh and I thought EoD was already being greedy but this is a new level...

    • @belongaskip
      @belongaskip 9 місяців тому +1

      Good one sir

  • @yanvitor9123
    @yanvitor9123 9 місяців тому +277

    i thought it was 250 pesos argentinos cuz theres no fucking way people are paying 250 dolars into a 10yo game

    • @TKBauer523
      @TKBauer523 9 місяців тому +74

      It’s actually more than 250$ because you also need to pay a VAT tax on the purchase, so it’s actually somewhere over 300$ ^^

    • @brandonmccann15
      @brandonmccann15 9 місяців тому +8

      ​@@TKBauer523wtf no way

    • @raidenarmstrong1642
      @raidenarmstrong1642 9 місяців тому +19

      ​@@TKBauer523Try arena breakout infinite i really like its like tarkov but not really its a different game with different mechanics but tarkov esk ballistics. ITS FREE

    • @emoment1088
      @emoment1088 9 місяців тому +10

      ​@@raidenarmstrong1642 agreed. As someone who's played a lot of both, Arena Breakout is at this point, a better game. Or at least one with more potential.

    • @ravioli-ravioli
      @ravioli-ravioli 9 місяців тому +1

      I mean so far no other game has even come close to that 10yo game in terms of mechanics and gunplay, and new games in same genre sometimes just bluntly copying Tarkov (not very successfully tho, since they dying soon after release), so there it is.

  • @DisTYM
    @DisTYM 9 місяців тому +138

    Fuck it let's do a 500$ edition now

    • @docmcquack7252
      @docmcquack7252 9 місяців тому +9

      Why stop there? I got vaseline

    • @gambit_elstar
      @gambit_elstar 9 місяців тому +1

      Gigaedition for 1000$. Asmon will buy it. He spent over 3000+ on Diablo Immortal.

    • @DisTYM
      @DisTYM 9 місяців тому +2

      @Ratsworth that's what I'm saying 😂

    • @At0ThEb
      @At0ThEb 9 місяців тому

      Go for a 1000. There will always be a whale for you

    • @jameskillbot2867
      @jameskillbot2867 9 місяців тому

      I’ll buy a 1000$ edition let’s goo.

  • @ZaerdinGaming
    @ZaerdinGaming 9 місяців тому +2

    "How are you quantifying the value there?"
    Meanwhile, in the studio:
    "Guys, I have a great idea to increase our revenue by 67%!"
    "How?"
    "Let's make a new edition and sell it for $250."
    "You're promoted to CEO!"

  • @Lemminjoose
    @Lemminjoose 9 місяців тому +85

    Tony Pizza and Asmongold in a discord call talking about tarkov. Worlds collide, man.

  • @runescaper7671
    @runescaper7671 9 місяців тому +133

    *Spends 250$*
    *gets email that reads "you no longer have access to our digital product due to your license expiring"*
    *proceeds to kick the corner of a concrete wall in frustration *

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker 9 місяців тому

      Well, no offline play.. what do you think will happen when servers shutdown?

    • @CC-vv2ne
      @CC-vv2ne 9 місяців тому +14

      Bruh. its without TAXES and FEES. Tarkov devs illegally in EU show the price without Tax, then they add 21% tax AND on top of it they add 10% fee that xsola charges on you the buyer.
      Thats 328 EUROS for the game.

    • @Beast_from_the_middle_east
      @Beast_from_the_middle_east 9 місяців тому

      ​@@CC-vv2nedon't forget to tip 13%

    • @theuproar6858
      @theuproar6858 9 місяців тому

      @@CC-vv2ne , it is an international store. They can't give you the exact price until you tell them your address. Fairly common.... Also who cares about EU rules and regulations lmao

    • @SkiddySquid
      @SkiddySquid 9 місяців тому

      "Please drink verification can to verify your purchase 😊"

  • @Shpeedle
    @Shpeedle 9 місяців тому +173

    Nikida makes me want to scream. Holy. 90% of changes they made to that game made me glad i don't play it anymore.

    • @xelpad2379
      @xelpad2379 9 місяців тому +8

      What 90% of changes? As far as I can tell, they've been actually doing a pretty good job lately, but then they just flunked it all, Nikita snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

    • @InterstellarTaco
      @InterstellarTaco 9 місяців тому +32

      ​@xelpad2379 performance is still shit, flea market is fucked, more cheaters than ever, but here's some new guns, reworked armor system and please give us another 100$. Yeah great job bozo.

    • @ravioli-ravioli
      @ravioli-ravioli 9 місяців тому +4

      @@xelpad2379 don't argue with them now man, it's pointless. Let them blow off steam, they can't think straight right now

    • @GARL0CK
      @GARL0CK 9 місяців тому +1

      @@ravioli-ravioli Probably one of the most fair things said about this entire thing. People are losing their shit over a mode that most people aren't going to play and an item that rewards you for playing a ton of hours in game each wipe in order to raise your scav rep.
      The 100 bucks extra is a bit of a wide eye thing, but whatever. It's not worth the 100 bucks, but let's all take a breath.

    • @Extremexboxplayer
      @Extremexboxplayer 9 місяців тому +15

      @@GARL0CK you have no idea what you're talking about if you think nobody is going to play the mode, thousands have been playing single player tarkov mod for years for that exact reason and nikita has been shitting on it trying to stop it ever since it came out years ago even killing the first iteration of it. the only reason he's making his own co-op offline mode now is to say they're a competitor to them and are unfairly using their game in court.

  • @Zaleeski
    @Zaleeski 9 місяців тому +2

    Well, I'm being quick and honest, the new knife in the pack is an asset purchased from the Unity store that wasn't even reworked, just thrown as a $250 gift

  • @aetherdraw
    @aetherdraw 9 місяців тому +43

    2:43 Greatest jumpscare of all: 250 dollars!!!!!!

  • @roymontgrand561
    @roymontgrand561 9 місяців тому +26

    One game that did this in an acceptable way (in my opinion), is Killing Floor 2. They put that game out in 2016 and regularly (several times a year) would add content. New maps. New enemies. New skins and whatnot. I remember everybody got pissed at the devs of that game for deciding to add paid content, after they had been giving free content to their community for 5+ years at this point. They supported this game and gave the players free maps, enemies, modes and everything, I think them deciding to make new weapons and monetizing them isn't bad at all cause they needed to support the game they have been supporting for mostly free. They even made it so only 1 player in a match needed the DLC for everybody in the match to utilize it, and it unlocked those weapons for the duration of that game, so if the player with the DLC leaves the game, the remaining players can still use those guns. I thought it was ingenius how they handled it. And still today, they put out free events, and release maps regularly, for free. Those paid guns and skins they made just allowed them to grace us with the Killing Floor 3 announcement we just got this last month.
    And it amazes me that other companies keep shooting themselves in the groin.

    • @Sheir01
      @Sheir01 9 місяців тому +3

      Because greed lol why make 10 million when you can make 50 million.

    • @Basuko_Smoker
      @Basuko_Smoker 9 місяців тому +1

      Tripwire had some slippery slopes with the way they introduced lootboxes, but as you say, they delivered so much content for free that's I personalny wouldnt mind dropping 10-15€

  • @bobbah676
    @bobbah676 9 місяців тому +32

    A Quest 2 - Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128 GB cost 199 $

    • @jacketofthe80s13
      @jacketofthe80s13 9 місяців тому

      Hell you can get a decent monitor for that price

    • @sylansylan4189
      @sylansylan4189 9 місяців тому

      128GB at only $200 is really nice. But buying the Unheard of edition for what was essntially a free mod they could have implemented without forcing people to pay a week's worth of salary in today's economy is pretty wrong if you ask me.
      Like I did say before, people have made an offline PvE mode like what... Last year or 2 years ago for people who just wanted to learn how to play without someone cheater doming them from an impossible angle with a pistol. And the AI itself is really insane in how it can do the right amount of damage to your torso to pretty much end a run without getting into a scuffle with another player. But BSG seems to forget that there are people who were basically asking them to add in an offline mode in a later patch, then they spit in the playerbases faces by forcing a $250 bundle down their throats, JUST FOR AN OFFLINE MODE and some useless goodies (aside from stash space)

    • @dimes305
      @dimes305 9 місяців тому

      A switch lite costs $200

  • @deathbb703
    @deathbb703 9 місяців тому +2

    the stalker 2 collectors edition was 200 and it is supposed to come with a ton of actual physical stuff with it. Its insane spending 250 and getting nothing you can hold in your hand

  • @almightytwee1188
    @almightytwee1188 9 місяців тому +56

    My biggest pet peeve with us is that when I became a backer I just came in 2016. I was so hopeful that the game would succeed.
    When they started releasing the standard edition for purchase, I bought two accounts so that my friends could play with me. Try the game before they bought it themselves
    I probably got about nine or 10 people to get into the game
    After they got burnt out I bought two more EOD accounts so that brings my account total to five.
    So that I could run a full group, and my friends wouldn’t feel pressured into buying the game
    From doing that
    I probably got about 20 people to buy EOD alone and probably 30 to just buy standard
    I’ve been a backer from the start, I brought so many people into this game, and I just feel betrayed
    I don’t mind them trying to make money
    But if you release a PvE that holds progression, why not make it accessible to EOD holders??
    All the other shit aside, I don’t care, but we wanted coop or offline from the get go and we just keep getting blue balled. On top of the fact that we knew all dlc would be free going forward. I gladly bought all the clothing even the BEAR(I’m usec) just to support, and I feel so brushed off.

    • @chriskinge9917
      @chriskinge9917 9 місяців тому +2

      Man that sucks

    • @jay_buddy_
      @jay_buddy_ 9 місяців тому +2

      That's bloody horrible man wtf are they at honestly

    • @Bartschatten1
      @Bartschatten1 9 місяців тому +1

      They didn't give a rat's ass about their players from the get go. They made perfectly clear that THEY dictate the speed at which they're releasing stuff and what will be added. So I'm not surprised too much by this move. I love the game, but at this point I'd also love to see them fall and choke on their greed and arrogance.

    • @almightytwee1188
      @almightytwee1188 9 місяців тому

      @@Bartschatten1 once people get success they forget where they came from and who helped them get there and then when they fizzle out they become has-beens, it’s wild how easy it happens

    • @esher52
      @esher52 9 місяців тому +7

      Unfortunately, you made a mistake by being loyal to a corporation, especially a russian one.

  • @titocristobal5573
    @titocristobal5573 9 місяців тому +69

    In the Philippines, a dollar is worth P57.74. This game costs P14,435.00, probably without taxes yet (haven't checked in Steam yet).

    • @陈凯文-n1h
      @陈凯文-n1h 9 місяців тому +3

      Cost atound 16k with taxes if taxes hasnt increase and not in steam

    • @Ramsonpwndz
      @Ramsonpwndz 9 місяців тому +4

      Fun fact: the Dominican peso is very close in value to the Philippine peso at about 58 pesos to the dollar. So that's about 14,654DOP for us. (Without taxes)

    • @calebleckie3872
      @calebleckie3872 9 місяців тому +2

      In nzd it's $420

    • @garmanarnagaming
      @garmanarnagaming 9 місяців тому +1

      Not on steam as everyone kept demanding refunds when buying on steam lol

    • @josephbrady711
      @josephbrady711 9 місяців тому +1

      @calebleckie3872 thats fucking insane bro actual bsg is cooked. Che

  • @AgentFPS
    @AgentFPS 9 місяців тому +28

    Great convo and as an EOD owner of 4 years with over 4K hours in the game, I am glad you had Lvndmark on to walk you through all this. It hits different in Tarkov because BSG and their COO Nikita Buyanov spent the last 7 years proudly taking the anti-MTX stance aside from the "3 pre-order editions" when it comes to Tarkov. They took a firm stance from day 1 that aside from the 3 additions to help support and fund development, you would never have to pay for anything that would create and unfair in-raid experience or for anything that wasn't also available to earn for free in the game. Today was the first time everything they stood for and preached went down the drain; and when combined with the lies and deception and scummy behavior, it just hits like a tidal wave to the face.

    • @cigilpatrick80
      @cigilpatrick80 9 місяців тому

      Let's go GREY ZONE!!!

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker 9 місяців тому

      It's like sitting on a beach and watching the water recede... only to be surprised to be hit by tidal wave...
      Warnings where all over!
      I'm suprised the game wasn't just a blatant rug-pull in the first place.
      But this makes it clear, they are just in it for the money and nothing else.
      Otherwise, they wouldn't leverage the cheater pandemic, to force people that want a good experience to shell out 200 bucks for the pve mode.

  • @aria8928
    @aria8928 9 місяців тому +3

    content creator voicepacks would go so hard, they could even bring back some creators who haven't played in a while but have drops and stuff like shrowdy

  • @k2cr
    @k2cr 9 місяців тому +93

    The difference between Star Citizen and Tarkov is that Star Citizen started with packages that cost $1000's.

    • @TopShot501st
      @TopShot501st 9 місяців тому +6

      And Tarkov is still a more finished game than star citizen. Different whale 🐳 communities

    • @ppsarrakis
      @ppsarrakis 9 місяців тому +3

      i like both games and i cant argue with that,i think in both games if you buy the started packs you can get your moneys worth

    • @DeosPraetorian
      @DeosPraetorian 9 місяців тому +6

      ​@@TopShot501stI mean I feel like tarkov is slightly smaller in scope

    • @Michael-ex8lk
      @Michael-ex8lk 9 місяців тому +10

      Star Citizen also only requires you to pay $45 to experience the whole game and more expensive ships doesnt mean you have an advantage.

    • @mrmantastic3966
      @mrmantastic3966 9 місяців тому

      ​@@Michael-ex8lk tarkov is exactly the same though tbf

  • @tr5iplex
    @tr5iplex 9 місяців тому +39

    People keep forgetting that it's closer to like 300-340 dollars in the checkout after the tax is added.

    • @MrSofazocker
      @MrSofazocker 9 місяців тому +2

      Not everyone has 20% sales tax lol.
      But sure.

    • @Randald
      @Randald 9 місяців тому

      Where? That's crazy. 340 would be 35% sales tax. In Texas it would be $270 with tax

    • @tr5iplex
      @tr5iplex 9 місяців тому +1

      @Randald saw a screenshot on reddit where the total was 329.81 euros for somebody (351 usd). It didn't say where they were buying from tho.

  • @ekcman
    @ekcman 9 місяців тому +53

    Meanwhile in EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft HQ:
    Write that down, Patrick, Write that down

    • @Your_Bro_Keith
      @Your_Bro_Keith 9 місяців тому +3

      It's a doodle that says "diamond edition"

    • @Slawa_Saporogez
      @Slawa_Saporogez 9 місяців тому

      Except they can't perform it. The legal system is a bit more aggressive and intolerant to such moves in democratic societies.

  • @Gibbyyyyyyy
    @Gibbyyyyyyy 9 місяців тому +16

    here in south Africa, that's 2 and a half months of student accommodation. If I spend $15 on a game then I cant buy food for a week.

    • @AlwaysCewing
      @AlwaysCewing 9 місяців тому

      Where in South Africa? Just curious

  • @marcoscoelho8626
    @marcoscoelho8626 9 місяців тому +101

    Since I'm Brazilian, and the game is paid in dollars, I have to adjust for currency exchange.
    So, when we have this scenario, we're talking about a percentage on top of a base salary.
    In the United States, a base salary reaches about 1500 dollars per month.
    1500 dollars per month in Brazil is equivalent to 6 minimum wages.
    I paid 170 dollars for the game, which is equivalent to 987 BRL, which is 85% of a Brazilian minimum wage.
    They are charging 250 dollars, which is exactly a Brazilian minimum wage.
    I rent a place to live and pay less than the game per month.

    • @TheMasterblah
      @TheMasterblah 9 місяців тому +4

      When you say the $250 is exactly a Brazilian minimum wage, are you saying its the equivalent of what a person could make in 1 month? Jesus.

    • @dheyvidoliveira3358
      @dheyvidoliveira3358 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@TheMasterblah yep

    • @perlundgren7797
      @perlundgren7797 9 місяців тому +2

      @@TheMasterblah At least is beats the $5,40/month in Venezuela...

    • @marcoscoelho8626
      @marcoscoelho8626 9 місяців тому +2

      @@TheMasterblah Yeah. Its minimum wage month in brazilian.

    • @marcoscoelho8626
      @marcoscoelho8626 9 місяців тому +6

      @@TheMasterblah The mimimum salary in brazil is about 258,5 dolars. I pay 275 dolars for rent a house every month.
      I gain 1097 dolars a month in Brazil.

  • @Oswerb
    @Oswerb 9 місяців тому +35

    250$ is an extreme price for a videogame in the current market. Just to put that into comparison that's nearly a Nintendo Switch, half of a PS5, or 4 copies of most games. My point being: With that much money you would hope there would be something tangible for all that.

    • @itz_otto
      @itz_otto 9 місяців тому +2

      its not the price of a video game. its the price of the game plus 10+ expansions which had already been the norm

    • @meathir4921
      @meathir4921 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@itz_ottoNot even subscription based MMO is asking for that much money

    • @Basuko_Smoker
      @Basuko_Smoker 9 місяців тому

      ​@@meathir4921It does, but over the course span of a whole year at least come on😂

    • @itz_otto
      @itz_otto 9 місяців тому

      no shit its a subscription. you pay more than that over 5 years of subscribing to wow @@meathir4921

  • @diamonje
    @diamonje 9 місяців тому +55

    Didn't everyone already hate it because it was full of cheaters? I remember that video of the guy tilting side to side and the other cheaters responding.

    • @Sig509
      @Sig509 9 місяців тому +11

      I hate how it became a norm to call script kiddies "hackers". No, you are not a "hacker" when buying some codes / trainers form a Chinese / Russian dude, with a manual how to use them. You are just a cheater, or how we were naming them in the old days - script kiddies, as you are just launching a script provided by someone else (now mostly bought), without ediitng it, or understanding how it does work.
      The term hacker used to mean something.

    • @diamonje
      @diamonje 9 місяців тому +18

      @@Sig509 My bad Mr. Grammar Nazi. As a Minecraft player cheater and hacker is synonymous with each other as a lot are also script kiddies with basic coding or skidding skills. Edited to cheater.

    • @dr.pepperconnoisseur3661
      @dr.pepperconnoisseur3661 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Sig509 that's why they just call them cheaters now

    • @Aether_Aurora
      @Aether_Aurora 9 місяців тому +2

      the problem is the hackers tho, you wouldn't have people with cheats without the hackers that provided them. The language doesn't really matter when the effect is the same. Personally, I call them all "dogshit players"

    • @Xenphos
      @Xenphos 9 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Sig509 They've been called "hackers" for more then 20 years, how old are you boomer 😂😂

  • @Dave_Is_Me2002
    @Dave_Is_Me2002 9 місяців тому +2

    11:38 LOOK AT THAT FLAWLESS ANIMATION. great job editor that was simply stunning xdx

  • @TheCasualMark
    @TheCasualMark 9 місяців тому +22

    $250 is a special price point companies have started using this year (from what I noticed). Mobile games in particular use this specific number based on metrics and how much they think they can milk from people. When loot boxes became illegal in different countries, companies started employing this $250 magic number (specifically Chinese game developers). I wonder if there’s a correlation here…

    • @oo-xb6gv
      @oo-xb6gv 5 місяців тому

      What do you mean 250 dollars? What chinese game developers? I know no major ones have any options for $250 😅

  • @northstar6920
    @northstar6920 9 місяців тому +38

    Food for a month
    or
    Tarkov: Tourist edition
    Such choices...

    • @droyal18able
      @droyal18able 9 місяців тому +2

      250 is not food for a month.

    • @BryanW-bp3le
      @BryanW-bp3le 9 місяців тому

      If you still live with your parents it might be.

    • @northstar6920
      @northstar6920 9 місяців тому +1

      @@droyal18able a week then... 250 does me, bloody gluttons.

    • @droyal18able
      @droyal18able 9 місяців тому

      @@northstar6920 you must not work very hard. If I only ate 250 dollars worth of food a day I would be skin and bones. I'm burning over 10k calories a day easy.

    • @jertaalentaalen4763
      @jertaalentaalen4763 9 місяців тому +1

      @@droyal18able to some people it is

  • @Centruzi
    @Centruzi 9 місяців тому +49

    $250 for a wall hack simulator

  • @kreherkim
    @kreherkim 9 місяців тому +1

    next thing is 500 dollars to play online with godmode

  • @Bash-245
    @Bash-245 9 місяців тому +34

    Actually it's pay to lose.
    Game had a self admitted hacker problem.

    • @eddier155
      @eddier155 9 місяців тому +3

      You mean "has" not had.

    • @Snes64
      @Snes64 9 місяців тому +11

      ​@@eddier155No. Had. This game is past tense now.

    • @Bash-245
      @Bash-245 9 місяців тому +2

      @eddier155 I said had because I haven't played it since the hacker problem started.

  • @elegrontv9403
    @elegrontv9403 9 місяців тому +80

    Important: there is a third party pve mode called SPT that respects your time and has mod support.
    Also you can select which edition you want to play the game with and it only requires the standard edition

    • @thegame2531
      @thegame2531 9 місяців тому +7

      I’ve played both SPT and Regular tarkov for a few years now and unfortunately SPT will never scratch the true itch of doing PVP against real players. It’s unfortunate that they decided to ruin this game

    • @okCool51
      @okCool51 9 місяців тому +7

      ​@@thegame2531Ruined long ago, since 4 years i think already sailing downhill with every Patch and now Hit Rock bottom.

    • @TacKo216
      @TacKo216 9 місяців тому +6

      Now we understand why devs are so upset about SPT LOL

    • @The88shrimp
      @The88shrimp 9 місяців тому +5

      Yeah as someone who loves Tarkov more for the scavenging/loot aspect more so than the PvP SPT is great.

    • @kyle2455
      @kyle2455 9 місяців тому +2

      @@thegame2531 The problem with PVP right now, is the insane amount of cheaters/hackers/scripties w/e you wanna call em. And the inability to actually stop them. SPT is more fun by default, due to the lack of cheaters, it would be okay if you didnt lose all of your gear to the cheaters, but unfortunately by the nature of the game, cheating ramps way the F up on the fun killing when you lose damn near everything. If i lost everything in a firefight, thats one thing, i deserved it by lack of skill/situational awareness.
      With that said, if you modify the AI with mods, they will be more difficult than normal players. Still can get a read on what they are about to do, but yea you can make them either easy as regular tarkovs AI, or make them as difficult as cheaters. I kinda like to be at the middle ground. Legit was more terrified of the AI when i ramped them all the way up, than i would be of a player.

  • @CobusGreyling
    @CobusGreyling 9 місяців тому +23

    People with this edition can literally call their friends (big bro) to help them *_while already in a raid_* 😂

  • @borb7085
    @borb7085 9 місяців тому +3

    Incursion Red river is a good alternative. Its got single player and coop. $16 vs $250. The game is in early access but the team has been consistantly updating and fixing things since the game came out a few weeks ago.

  • @Chekannaya
    @Chekannaya 9 місяців тому +20

    EOD owner, 4,000 hours played, I've paid £12 extra on top of that for a clothing set, I love this game so much it's honestly my favourite game I've played over the years, it comes with it's problems but Battlestate Games is the games biggest enemy. They were doing so well this past month and they were taking feedback from the community finally and implementing changes that we wanted, and then out of the blue they pull this shit and then quadrouple down on it over 24 hours and after the game director's recent reddit post it is clear they have no intention of doing right by us.

  • @artursiruk4280
    @artursiruk4280 9 місяців тому +28

    Yo whats even worse they removed Flea Market slots to deal with hackers and now they're selling more slots with this $250 edition. Like for real? you remove something then charge out the ass to get it back!!

  • @duobizarrobizarro
    @duobizarrobizarro 9 місяців тому +18

    If you guys do like the idea of Tarkov... Just go play S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Gamma; it's all 3 games bundled up together, with 400+ mods (with an installer so you almost don't have to do sh*t) and guess how much you have to pay? Yeah, it's fucking FREE.

    • @JAAnewboy
      @JAAnewboy 9 місяців тому +1

      Literally 100x the game that Tarkove will ever be

    • @mrloqqe1610
      @mrloqqe1610 9 місяців тому +1

      not that similiar actually imo, but still approve of your recommendation. i love stalker. played all 3 games a shit ton. the series has so many mods, it's actually insane. this was years ago and apparently there still new mods coming out or being worked on to this day. crazy

    • @haloimplant7678
      @haloimplant7678 9 місяців тому

      Thanks for the tip, I tried to play stalker games last year starting with the OG, but ran into a main quest breaking bug that I triggered hours earlier before realizing

  • @Eruedraith91
    @Eruedraith91 9 місяців тому +4

    Could you imagine if Larian Studios made everyone purchase Acts 2 and 3 in Baldur's Gate 3? AFTER purchasing the standard game? Yeah... Lol

  • @Astro_Vagabond
    @Astro_Vagabond 9 місяців тому +19

    This is what happens when consumers consume and lay down belly up. Stop giving these companies quarter.

  • @bobsaget9170
    @bobsaget9170 9 місяців тому +22

    Can't get cheated on if you play offline, oh yeah it's big brain time - Nikita

  • @MrTmm97
    @MrTmm97 9 місяців тому +43

    I’d be pissed if I spent the $150 edition thinking I was getting all future DLC and then they just take it back and release a sweet new mode and feature and ask me to spent nearly double to access it.
    I see a lawsuit incoming for false advertising. They are trying to fix it but the internet is eternal. Devs should know that instead of panic changing.

    • @DreamDragon104
      @DreamDragon104 9 місяців тому

      There seems like enough evidence available to make a lawsuit for that

    • @gottagofastest
      @gottagofastest 9 місяців тому +7

      Yeah sure try to sue a Russian company.

    • @Lazagg
      @Lazagg 9 місяців тому +1

      They aren’t american so i doubt it would go through, Russia doesn’t take too kindly to us lawsuits on their soil either unfortunately.

    • @xCALYPTOxGaming
      @xCALYPTOxGaming 9 місяців тому

      It's the entire reason I bought EoD. Gamma container is great and all but my main thought was to hopefully save money. Figured it would pay for itself in 2-3 DLCs. Got duped.

    • @extinctx
      @extinctx 9 місяців тому

      @@gottagofastest company has an office in the UK, where they do their payments, a lot easier to sue a company with an office in the UK than Russia I'm sure

  • @sieve5
    @sieve5 28 днів тому +1

    The worst part of all of this is that they have a severe hacker issue, the optimization issues are AGGREGIOUS, the AI / recoil / movement keeps getting changed, the quests are horrible... This game has so many issues.
    There's nothing like this game on the market even with delta force: hawk ops and the other one I forget the name of.

  • @ProducerX21
    @ProducerX21 9 місяців тому +24

    $250 and you get 50% off in game cash shop
    What a deal

    • @glim2238
      @glim2238 9 місяців тому

      Not even that, you get a pay2win stuff like friends can log in middle of the game and help you with enemy squad

    • @thedesertfox6889
      @thedesertfox6889 9 місяців тому

      It's actually close to $300 if you add in all the taxes after the purchase.

    • @skeop4027
      @skeop4027 9 місяців тому +2

      To start off, this 250 version is absolutely disgusting and ive already uninstalled. But your comment is uninformed, its 50% off in-raid cash services. There are only 2 in game cash services, 1 is a specific extract that you pay 5k for(very very cheap already, i have 48mil in game) and then essentially a taxi service around the map which is kind of expensive?(40k). of all points, this is the most minute one.

    • @voggers2593
      @voggers2593 9 місяців тому +1

      The 50% off isn't for a cash shop, it's for services in-raid from vehicles like car extracts and the BTR taxi. They don't cost real money, so it's 50% off for your in-game money.

  • @OGMikadika
    @OGMikadika 9 місяців тому +47

    "Do they have regional pricing?" They have a regional F you in the A. 15% extra tax plus currency conversion.

    • @ppsarrakis
      @ppsarrakis 9 місяців тому +3

      +24% vat for my country thats an easy 300$

    • @hydrahq8676
      @hydrahq8676 9 місяців тому

      Just checked it is 50$ in cis and eod was actually more depending on time of purchase like 60-80$ so some people are joking they should new mod + cost difference

    • @Randald
      @Randald 9 місяців тому

      OK two people I've seen talking about tax. Are you saying that charge some kind of sales tax on top of the sales tax where you make the purchase? Like I live in the US it would be $270 with our sales tax and you're saying they add another tax to that?

    • @Kevin.BTCChina
      @Kevin.BTCChina 9 місяців тому

      EU has 15-25% VAT tax so it's expensive... ​@@Randald

    • @ppsarrakis
      @ppsarrakis 9 місяців тому

      @@Randald sales tax in europe can go up to 25% and BSG is breaking EU law by not putting prices included tax on their website but they add the tax after you cash out

  • @TheFerumn
    @TheFerumn 9 місяців тому +25

    I have a theory. Arena was a fk up and they didn't sell enough. After so many years of paying for servers they starting to loose a lot of money. Tarkov reached engine limit and they can't do nothing more about this game so they decided they don't care about reputation because they will sell as much as they can and disappear with money. That is whats going on right now.

    • @DayLateGamerWill
      @DayLateGamerWill 9 місяців тому +4

      Yea, thats why Nikita (ceo/owner) is wearing Balenciaga and driving super luxury cars

    • @angieolli5022
      @angieolli5022 9 місяців тому

      ​@@DayLateGamerWillare you disagreing?

    • @MrJaldal
      @MrJaldal 9 місяців тому

      I was just wondering how much money the "Raid" series would cost to produce...

    • @JeyKalda
      @JeyKalda 9 місяців тому

      Tarkov has reached spaghetti code limit. About 4 years ago. The engine is fine and is capable of doing much much MUCH more.

    • @noamto
      @noamto 9 місяців тому +1

      Yeah Arena wasn't but Daggerfall and especially Morrowing were very succesful.

  • @montanathreehunna
    @montanathreehunna 9 місяців тому

    Literally people would have been less pissed had BSG added loot boxes to the game and they would have made more money.

  • @MasterCorvus
    @MasterCorvus 9 місяців тому +15

    Tarkov is 7 years old and still not in full release while costing more than premium deluxe ultra edition AAA games. And people pay it because it's "Ultra Realistic" shooting experience..bro it costs less to go shoot real guns on the range than what this game costs...

    • @ThunderTaco206
      @ThunderTaco206 9 місяців тому +2

      Do you have any idea how much ammo costs these days?

    • @mr.sir.
      @mr.sir. 9 місяців тому

      ​@@ThunderTaco206$30 for 9mm Hornaday

    • @igamingpublic
      @igamingpublic 9 місяців тому

      @@ThunderTaco206 i spend $40 sir.

    • @ThunderTaco206
      @ThunderTaco206 9 місяців тому

      @@igamingpublic So you're not training. Just going and shooting for fun. Not being sarcastic or an asshole, just clarifying.

    • @ThunderTaco206
      @ThunderTaco206 9 місяців тому

      @@mr.sir. Rifle ammo is more expensive, and to do anything more than the occasional range say for recreational plinking, that isn't nearly enough. I think we're talking about different things. Which is fine.

  • @BH-ci1xo
    @BH-ci1xo 9 місяців тому +23

    It’s sad that they had to destroy Tarkov to get Landmark and Asmon to collab 😢 But I’m still glad to see it haha

  • @rgabi91
    @rgabi91 9 місяців тому +38

    Helldivers is 30-40 bucks. Good luck BSG.

    • @MrRafagigapr
      @MrRafagigapr 9 місяців тому

      when helldivers in 10 years old there is for sure more than 250 dollars of past battlepass stuff to buy lol , i mean POE releases a 500 dollar bundle every year and loads of people buy it , the problem is is putting actual power in these packs

    • @allstar_
      @allstar_ 9 місяців тому

      @@MrRafagigapr I mean if you keep playing you can earn all packs free, by collecting stuff I got 2 bundles by just playing the game so I only spend addional 10 bucks and this was more like to support them rather to get the items.

    • @rgabi91
      @rgabi91 9 місяців тому

      @@MrRafagigapr You can earn premium currency trough playing and unlock batlepasses with it so I can't see any problem there. No idea about Poe tho.

    • @Yggdrasill8
      @Yggdrasill8 9 місяців тому

      @@MrRafagigapr Yep, Enshitification

    • @MrRafagigapr
      @MrRafagigapr 9 місяців тому

      @@rgabi91 yes you can earn 250 dollars by grinding in real life why people complain lol , same reasoning

  • @Carnage4k
    @Carnage4k 9 місяців тому +3

    And people try to argue that buying this instead of the simple version is not pay to win

    • @SpookyLewis
      @SpookyLewis 4 місяці тому

      I own EoD and I have always said it's pay to win. I don't even see a valid counter argument. By definition, the higher editions are pay to win.

  • @KittenKatja
    @KittenKatja 9 місяців тому +16

    11:10 The last time I saw something like this was like 2018-20, when a video about Roblox mentioned "Tix" or "Tickets".
    Roblox merely removed the ability to buy the $100 offer to have never expiring premium status (IDK what's it called), but this is even more of a hit in the face than Roblox removing decade old accounts to get rid of the never ending premium status altogether.

  • @mammy24
    @mammy24 9 місяців тому +12

    I've been calling it the Unhinged Edition. It makes sense to monetize people who have already bought the game and have been riding the game for thousands of hours and almost 8 years, but the way the did it is the WORST possible way.
    They might as well have dropped an RMT store for real world money to rubles and boosts and shit.

  • @pnjdumal
    @pnjdumal 9 місяців тому +18

    I've bought this game the moment it was available, it was almost 7 years ago.
    I've played this game so much i cant even count the hours, the days or months I've spent dying again and again while never giving up.
    But some years ago the game changed, it got very popular and almost every OG player saw that the devs didn't gave a f*ck about them anymore, the streamers and youtubers were all they cared about (nothing wrong with them) and they started to tweak the game to please the influencers who can spend 15 hours playing their game. On top of that the cheater situation became more and more horrendous and never came even close to get fixed.
    Saying that this bullsh*t surprised me would be lying, BSG had already betrayed their fan base but we just pretended it wasn't happening until yesterday.

  • @LowieX
    @LowieX 3 місяці тому +1

    Everyone doesn't hate escape from tarkov
    You do not speak for everyone
    They tried to be greedy & fixed it
    Tarkov is a great game that invented a genre

  • @Tricksticker
    @Tricksticker 9 місяців тому +8

    That's 785 Dinar in Tunisia, an accountant's salary is 700 to 900 dinar for scale.

  • @capttokki1811
    @capttokki1811 9 місяців тому +9

    Just the cases alone at the start of wipe is insane that is like 1.1 mil for scav case, 600k for ammo case, and 5-10mil for weapons case plus already kitted weapons, they are not only greedy but it will impact early wipe gameplay. I wish we "Unheard" of this edition (dont get me wrong i like having a leg up on the competition but holy shit)

  • @pandemos4205
    @pandemos4205 9 місяців тому +55

    If only people payed this much attention to when wikipedia changed the definition of "recession"

    • @jayremie5705
      @jayremie5705 9 місяців тому +17

      Recession, they did "vaccine" also.

    • @Valli0o
      @Valli0o 9 місяців тому +5

      I think you do not understand how Wikipedia works

    • @t2-scoops436
      @t2-scoops436 9 місяців тому

      Wait.. wait they fucking what? Imma need a source on that my guy

    • @AnthropomorphicTrilobite
      @AnthropomorphicTrilobite 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@jayremie5705no they didn't.

    • @neotronextrem
      @neotronextrem 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@AnthropomorphicTrilobitethey absolutely did. They removed the part where it is widely accepted medical knowledge that Vaccine side-effects can only be correctly attributed to the drug 1/10 times, while the other 9 times either aren't reported, or more likely, not correctly attributed to the vaccine as cause

  • @reinerhass_ttv5186
    @reinerhass_ttv5186 9 місяців тому +3

    Some people in this world pay a game license for a 300+ bucks (depends on currency and taxes) some others in this world buy a car for below 500 bucks that is actually fine to drive for at least 2 years according to MOT kekw, besides that the pay 2 win factor is enormous ..

  • @IrisCorven
    @IrisCorven 9 місяців тому +66

    The difference between this and Star Citizen, as someone who owns EoD: I can buy a ship/access to the game for Star Citizen for $45, and earn every one of those $200-$1000 ships in game. And have about 12 of them, at this point. At no point has Chris Roberts told me "Hey, that $45 ship you bought to get access? You don't get access to the other gameplay/ships. Okay, byeeeeee."
    Star Citizen has it's problems, but they've never denied paying customers access to specific features of the games based on price-point. You buy it, you have it, you can access every part of it.

    • @GothJesus
      @GothJesus 9 місяців тому +7

      I've never understood why people scream about star citizen being a scam, you can freely play the game and get exactly what you pay for on top of a constant stream of updates

    • @R-XI_Sulla
      @R-XI_Sulla 9 місяців тому +6

      Isn't it that ships you buy don't get lost when they get destroyed
      My dad talked about something like that

    • @CodexQuinn
      @CodexQuinn 9 місяців тому +2

      @@GothJesus Primarily due to the fact certain ships cost more than a real life car.

    • @IrisCorven
      @IrisCorven 9 місяців тому +4

      @@R-XI_Sulla Yep. You have to really fuck up in order to lose a ship for good, and if you bought it with real cash, it cant happen period.

    • @jaykay6222
      @jaykay6222 9 місяців тому

      I didn't know the game was out. I spend a couple hundred to get the ghost ship or whatever and proceeded to completely forget the whole thing existed when it took half my life to go anywhere. Cool it's playable now though, I should check it out if only to not make my purchase as if I literally just threw the money away.

  • @siderthedoor6798
    @siderthedoor6798 9 місяців тому +15

    Basically if you’re rich or are terrible with your money this is the thing for you

  • @dogbackwards7658
    @dogbackwards7658 9 місяців тому +12

    Payday 2 did something very similiar to this. Put a season pass and promising all future DLCs free if you buy, turned out they barely made any dlc after that (if any) and later wen't back on their word and put out paid dlcs again.

    • @WalkmanSilver
      @WalkmanSilver 9 місяців тому

      Wasn't it Payday 3, not 2, that had that issue?

    • @dogbackwards7658
      @dogbackwards7658 9 місяців тому

      ​@@WalkmanSilver never touched pd3. But i can assure you this happened in pd2.

  • @g4m3rwolf80
    @g4m3rwolf80 9 місяців тому +1

    Tarkov should add OverPowered guns like MiniGun, Grenade Launcher, Flamethrower, RPG and Railgun. Except they can only be used until ammo runs out and are Super Rare finds within chests/loot sources. You Can Only Hold 1 Special Grade/OverPowered weapon per person as well making them less likely to hold like 5 in inventory or something.
    - Minigun with like 100-200-250, Charges Up then Fires very fast, but little damage 2-5 per bullet yet fires like 5-10 a second so it runs out of ammo quickly, has a very high recoil and is very heavy when you hold it so running drains more stamina when it's out and you're much slower while holding it out. Makes a Loud rrr...rrrr...RRRR... charging it's spin to fire and can be held with aiming. Also, when you fire while standing it increases recoil and crouching reducing the recoil or mounted on a ledge wiping out recoil completely.
    - Grenade Launcher has 6 grenades either explode on impact, explode 1-2 seconds after hitting the ground or doing the same but also can damage if you hit someone directly, but either won't explode or has a timer or Explodes on Contact Depending on Range hit.
    - FlameThrower ticks damage over time 3-5 damage per tick and/or lights enemy on fire doing 1+dmg every 0.5 seconds or 2dmg/sec.
    - RPG/Rocket Launcher does AoE dmg 60-100 based on where it hits and 100 on direct impact.
    - RailGun will take like 5-10/20+(whatever feels right) seconds to charge and 1 shots anywhere or cripple's a limb if it's not a head shot so bleeding out. 1 round and you can find rounds and has a 15-20% to break with only 5shots total or less if it feels too OverPowered. Also, it makes a very loud BRRRRrrrrrrr or a ticking like br...br...Br...BRRR(when it's done and fully charged.) So it'll 1 shot, but also would reveal your position to anyone very easily.