i love DRG to death and i love that you can buy the game and not have to spend a penny to get all non-dlc cosmetics, but it bewilders me how many people act like "oh man all those other greedy companies why dont they just do this clearly it works" because like, no the fuck they can't. DRG is only apparently sustainable with its current model because they have very little overhead. it's more or less just paying the devs and hosting whatever server generates the missions and such, games are hosted peer-to-peer. a game that centrally hosts matches cannot survive with a model like DRG's, they need a reliable steady source of income like a battle pass or a subscription or whatever. even overwatch 1 couldn't survive on $60 purchases and lootboxes