Live-service games are a mess

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How it started

Two years ago, I stood astatine the apical of the iconic reddish stairs successful Times Square to acquisition the weirdest performance of my life. As glowing butterflies flitted astir the assorted screens, a assemblage steadily grew, knowing something was happening, but unsure of what. Then a countdown started, and a infinitesimal aboriginal 1 of the screens opened up, revealing Ice Spice and, later, …

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