There are lots of good examples, they’re usually smaller studios/indie though. GaaS sucks when you get the people with business degrees in on it. It’s great for people who are working on a game they’re passionate about and just want to keep adding more content.
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BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 day agoOne shiny red apple on a pile of rotting fruit does not make an apple pie.
Games as a service was always enshittification wearing trench coat. TF2 and MMOs back in the day were merely bait.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
they weren’t bait, the MBAs just hadn’t invented all the ways to scam users with it yet.
Strider@lemmy.world 1 day ago
While that might be true it was foreseeable. And they always do it.