If you think about it, modern games are so much more complex and labor-intensive to make, with much higher costs (including massive server costs for multiplayer games), microtransactions and DLCs are actually necessary for devs to remain profitable without simply raising prices for games.
Just to contrast, the original Battle.net server in 1996 was literally just one PC at Blizzard's office.
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Are you quoting extra credits?
at this point, he genuinely might be. that's the worst part of it.
So make smaller, cheaper games like the good old days.
>Plate your shit with gold
>Few people buy it because it's shit
>Have to sell it at a loss because the gold plating costs more than anyone is willing to pay
The solution isn't DLC, the solution is to cut corners and save money. If weaker graphics or less open world will make the game cheaper to make and increase your margin, that's what you should do.
I actually like this dude.
Didn't Daniel Floyd like leave Extra Credits ages back despite actually creating the whole webseries.
He actually was able to talk about shit in videogames without making it fricking overly politically virtue signaling.
The blue shirt guy was the main writer of the show. Not sure who it is these days.
id say to just cheap out on unneeded fluff like graphics, you could also make the game moddable to extent the life of the game without needing to give as much support or even base-content.
Developers should always prioritize FPS over graphics. A game with PS3-tier graphics and 60fps will look better than a game with PS5 graphics and 20fps.
Maybe they should hire fewer people.
the greatest schizo video ever made
>Mocap cuts down a huge chunk of time along side asset and sound flipping in big studios
i don't get why people keep comparing extra credits to spirit science. spirit science has a better art style, and has way more original and thought-provoking ideas, even if he's completely insane. it's kino-schizo vs kuso-phony.
No way Jose games are cheaper
Mocap cuts down a huge chunk of time along side asset and sound flipping in big studios
Models are already rigged most of the time
All that’s left to worry about is unique creatures, adding shit to existing models, and textures
>microtransactions and DLCs are actually necessary for devs to remain profitable
I'll answer seriously. "less risky" != "necessary". Consumers are to blame for this one. They had a chance to resist these practices en masse and failed. Publishers are being risk-averse, which is reasonable, but not "necessary".
I can't force other consumers to not buy things.
>microtransactions and DLCs are actually necessary for devs to remain profitable without simply raising prices for games
But we know for a fact this isn't true, since many triple a single player games made bank.
Agreed, games should be made cheaper and graphics should get pushed out - but that's not really on the cards now is it? Find your niches while you can, lads. Good games are still being made but they're in short supply and you won't find them on the front page of any store front.
So when are we going to run out of internet again?
No anon you're using to mu
I don't care. If your game has mtx then I lose all interest in it. Is that fair? Probably not, but there are already far more great games in the world than I have time to play so get fricked.
Cant take extra credits seriously especially whenever they randomly mention israeli persecution in their history videos
Do they really?
You see my fellow gamers, if we are to properly ourself into an actual artistic medium along the likes of art and music, we need to accept the costs that come from progress. Every speck of dirt on unwashed pores, every sweaty lesbian sex scene, it all takes sacrifice to come true.