Investors happened. They drive a constant demand for increased profits and growth from their investments. Once you reach the threshold of “everybody and their grandmother has a copy,” the only real way to get more money is by releasing paid DLC or some mechanic that convinces players to convert real money into an easily consumable in-game resource.
On that note, indie games are the way to go. The amount of free content that keeps being added to 5 year old games like Stardew Valley and Terraria is crazy.
What the fuck ever happened to “give the people what they want?” So many of these AAA devs are trying so fucking hard to give us things nobody wants.
Investors happened. They drive a constant demand for increased profits and growth from their investments. Once you reach the threshold of “everybody and their grandmother has a copy,” the only real way to get more money is by releasing paid DLC or some mechanic that convinces players to convert real money into an easily consumable in-game resource.
On that note, indie games are the way to go. The amount of free content that keeps being added to 5 year old games like Stardew Valley and Terraria is crazy.