nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down12cross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
arrow-up1301arrow-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 day agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
minus-squareHydra_Fk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 day agoLaughs as I remember pumping endless quarters to continue in old cabinet arcade games.
minus-squareNoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 hours 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-up4arrow-down1·17 hours agoFucking horse armor. Fucking dumbasses who bought it.
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·1 day 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 day agoA better argument would have been “they still were creative unlike the soulless carbon copy mega games of today.”
minus-squarewoop_woop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoNot quite, this has happened before https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
Laughs as I remember pumping endless quarters to continue in old cabinet arcade games.
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.
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