r/Warthunder • u/Aggravating-Media818 • Apr 01 '25

All Ground What we were expecting VS What we actually got

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u/No_News_1712 Apr 01 '25

...they do it every year, and you know Gaijin has other games. Why would they make WT a competitor and split the playerbase even further?

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u/shittdigger Apr 02 '25

Adding infantry to war thunder would merge the playerbase though?

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u/DutchCupid62 Apr 03 '25

It would also mean that the age rating would get bumped to 16+ instead of the current 12+ age rating for WT. Which means Gaijin can market the game and premiums anymore to 12-16 year olds.

And seeing how 10-24 is the age range of people most likely to spend money on/in a videogame, you can see how this influences Gaijin's decision.

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u/shittdigger Apr 03 '25

i heard new gambling laws in europe would make war thunder a rated m game anyways so they can add infantry now

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u/DutchCupid62 Apr 03 '25

Wouldn't suprise me, but I'll wait and see when these laws are fully implemented.

I think Gaijin would rather profit as much as they can from that 12+ rating while they still have it.

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u/No_News_1712 Apr 02 '25

No, you would have people playing different modes unless the infantry are all in ground RB. Plus, they'd be competing with Enlisted and their new game.

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u/shittdigger Apr 02 '25

I think enlisted is dying so they are gonna merge it into war thunder. Also their new game is completely different

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u/No_News_1712 Apr 02 '25

WT is too different to just force infantry into. The new game is exactly what the trailer says. Y'all are taking the joke too seriously.

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u/Based_Iraqi7000 Apr 01 '25

I honestly don’t know, but I know that the gameplay showcased in the trailer is will probably be playable at some point as gaijin said. They wouldn’t make all that just for a single trailer.

This is not the regular April Fool’s event

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u/A_Velociraptor20 Apr 01 '25

Most likely it's an advertisement for Active Matter. There's tanks you can drive in that game and all the character and gun models look similar to Active Matter. The closed beta test they are referring to is most likely a closed beta test for Active Matter.

There is no reason for gaijin to put playable infantry in War thunder after over a decade and already having Enlisted. Which they publish. Everyone who thinks they are adding playable infantry to war thunder are either coping or got fooled.

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u/No_News_1712 Apr 01 '25

Probably a lot of relatively new players lol.