The reality is they want you to find those other games to maximize profit, which is where all of their work into recommendation engines and personalized release calendars has gone. But it’s not going to convince millions of people who want to play NBA 2K that they should buy the latest indie game instead.
im surprised they do promotion for free honestly but I doubt it would have much of an effect but not being so accessible to indie would make them look a lot better for articles like this.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 5 hours ago
It’s certainly not a good thing for startup indie devs putting months of work into a project.
HubertManne@piefed.social 5 hours ago
its indicative of accessibility for startups. the way a company would change the metric is not gatekeep the smallfry.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 4 hours ago
Or promote new and interesting works as opposed to maximising profit by promoting established studios and games with already high levels of prestige.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 48 minutes ago
The reality is they want you to find those other games to maximize profit, which is where all of their work into recommendation engines and personalized release calendars has gone. But it’s not going to convince millions of people who want to play NBA 2K that they should buy the latest indie game instead.
HubertManne@piefed.social 4 hours ago
im surprised they do promotion for free honestly but I doubt it would have much of an effect but not being so accessible to indie would make them look a lot better for articles like this.