Topher
Gold Member
No, but what does that have to do with what Larian is saying?
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"Direct from developer to players is the way" - Larian CEO Swen Vincke
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No, but what does that have to do with what Larian is saying?
Phase
Member
Thank you. It's what we've been trying to say. If everything moves to subscription our wallets will longer control what gets made, then homogenization becomes inevitable as those owning the subscription service will favor what gets them the most money (further killing creativity). Developers in turn will start creating what the sub service will greenlight. Voting with your wallet becomes null as you either have what is offered or nothing.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Hypocrisy?
Topher
Gold Member
No.....it isn't.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I misunderstood. It isn’t.
MacReady13
Member
Yeah exactly- their priority is to NOT release on a rental service where potentially they could’ve made more money from microshaft as their game is kind of a niche game that typically doesn’t sell all that great!
They took a risk to release it for sale only and that risk paid off- big sales and much more money than micro$oft would’ve paid them for having their game come to a rental service.
See, what many of you sub service warriors need to understand when you say “Pentiment would never have been made without a sub service” and “I found X game cause of a sub service” don’t realise that micrococks purchased all these companies to put AAA games onto their rental service! Pretty soon it’ll be filled with their shoddy AAA games squeezing out all those wonderful indie games you all love to discover and then what happens???
chromatic9
Member
He is right but I don't think newer generations will care enough.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Correct about the older part.