Since its appearance, the Yu-Gi-Oh! has quickly become Konami’s endless inspiration in creating excellent game works, serving a large number of players. There have been many games with the theme of the magic card Yu-Gi-Oh! launched, and many of them have achieved remarkable success. But not all games are so lucky. Typically the case of Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel, the name that has just been officially confirmed by Konami, will soon stop working.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel received a lot of expectations when it first debuted
Worth mentioning, Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel only launched on September 6 of last year and hasn’t even been able to celebrate its own first birthday yet. According to Konami’s announcement, this project will be completely “shut down” on September 4. In addition, transactions related to Crystals – the in-game currency will also be paused for the rest of the game, starting at the time of announcement. Konami herself then had to apologize to the gamers, and promised to make compensation moves for many gamers who invested money in Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel.
But unfortunately, the game has been around for less than a year and has to be declared discontinued
Basically, Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel is a free-to-play game that also has a mechanism that is not much different from Yu-Gi-Oh! normally. However, according to gamers, there are many reasons why this game can’t even last more than 12 months. The most prominent of which is the Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel seems to operate on a “pay to win” mechanism, ie encouraging players to top up cards, invest money to own themselves valuable decks and collectibles and give them an immediate advantage in the process. play program. Not to mention, not appearing on the PC platform is also a significant shortcoming of this project.
The Pay to Win mechanism seems to be one of the reasons why Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel failed
Of course, the Yu-Gi-Oh! The closure of Cross Duel has now also brought great disappointment to many players. However, Konami is likely to continue to launch more excellent and attractive games, still with the theme of Yu-Gi-Oh! only in the future.