I was thinking that Horizon Forbidden West had fucked up again and set their PC release for the same day as Dragon’s Dogma 2.
But for once it actually worked out in their favour. Dragon’s Dogma 2 has an awful PC port, while HFW is running very well.
Inb4 Silksong gets delayed till 2032 while they switch engines
To play devil’s advocate, while I have little doubts that these specific ones are scammy, there are many cases where they have been genuinely good value. In general, this is when a product requires an established user base in order to be effective , so they’ll have an airdrop shortly after opening and then another a few months into the product’s life. The aim being that if X number of people try it a bit, hopefully a proportion will continue using it and make the whole product viable.
I turned her into a mind flayer. She seemed fairly happy.