nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoFormer PlayStation boss says games are "seeing a collapse in creativity" as publishers spend more time asking "what's your monetization scheme?"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down13cross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
arrow-up1395arrow-down1external-linkFormer PlayStation boss says games are "seeing a collapse in creativity" as publishers spend more time asking "what's your monetization scheme?"www.gamesradar.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
minus-squareHydra_Fk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoLaughs as I remember pumping endless quarters to continue in old cabinet arcade games.
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·1 month agoOK, but did you pay $600 to have that cabinet in your house and still pumo endless quarters into it?
minus-squareHydra_Fk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 month agoA better argument would have been “they still were creative unlike the soulless carbon copy mega games of today.”
minus-squarewoop_woop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNot quite, this has happened before https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoBut just imagine how much more money they would have got out of you if you could also add a couple of extra quarters to change your character’s outfit
minus-squareHydra_Fk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoFucking horse armor. Fucking dumbasses who bought it.
minus-squareyamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago“Come on bruv, it’s just 2.50, what’s the harm!” Now a single skin for a single character is the price of an entire game, or multiple games in the case of the newest Jinx skin for league of legends, thanks.
Laughs as I remember pumping endless quarters to continue in old cabinet arcade games.
OK, but did you pay $600 to have that cabinet in your house and still pumo endless quarters into it?
A better argument would have been “they still were creative unlike the soulless carbon copy mega games of today.”
Not quite, this has happened before
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
But just imagine how much more money they would have got out of you if you could also add a couple of extra quarters to change your character’s outfit
Fucking horse armor. Fucking dumbasses who bought it.
“Come on bruv, it’s just 2.50, what’s the harm!”
Now a single skin for a single character is the price of an entire game, or multiple games in the case of the newest Jinx skin for league of legends, thanks.