| Zoombael said: The title itself is enough to know what to expect. Videogames are too expensive to make? Yea, of course not. If that would be the case nobody would make them, duh! This deliberate phrasing to ensure the outcome of this witty judgmental disclosure. Of course companies target for steady profit. They re not charity. Instead of adressing the real underlying issues it is just another pointing, demonizing finger. I understand. You have to cater to your fanbase. Correctly phrased it would get a little difficult to suck up to the audience. "Has making games become increasingly costlier, consequently increasing the risks involved?" An easy to answer question for sure, a short google search, no extensive and exhausting two weeks research, but the results are closely similar: some loose sheets with some colory lines drawn them. It also gives an answer to why big companies focus on a smaller number of projects. The difference of 5 10 20 million investment to 50 100 200 million should be obvious to even the greatest math doofus. |
Yet people say this very thing all the time as a defense for the terrible DLC and microtransaction practices. That's why the video exists. If it was that obvious, no one would make the argument. Even the greatest logical doofus can see that.
Lootboxes and DLC have nothing to do with their bottom lines or their level of charity. These companies make their investment back with the base games alone usually with 2 million sales at 60$. A game like Star Wars Battlefront II is going to hit that number before the E3 trailer is uploaded to youtube. At that point, everything earned is pure profit, including DLC and MT's.
Let's get real here - there's about as much "risk" in games like Call of Duty and Star Wars and Assassin's Creed and Lord of the Rings as there's risk in water not being wet. What you're arguing is a logical fallacy. Or, better put, turning on the video and covering your ears, shutting your eyes and shouting "WRONG."
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