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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

They sell fine. Look at BG3.

What they don’t do is make money hand over fist without the need to design more product, as happens with subscription-based, game-as-a-service multiplayer titles. Some companies don’t want to make good games. They just want to make good money.

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makyo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And ignoring all the attempts at a game-as-a-service that fail

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- 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  “That guy just made millions of dollars playing the lottery. We should quit our jobs and play the lottery too!”
  
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ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
More expensive and less profit

Like the other person pointed out with GaaS you don’t even need to finish the game before you start making money

However BG3 had a big already established IP and successful Divinity games beforehand

I will give you some advice that I was given “you need a hit before you can have a hit”

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