nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkValve unintentionally set the stage for today's digital economic hellscape, according to its former economist in residencewww.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIs it a hellscape? The last two GOTYs have no micro transactions. The new Elden Ring DLC is more of a traditional expansion Indie gaming is alive and well and it’s easier than ever to develop and publish.
minus-squareholgersson@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAlso all the live-service cash-grab high budget AAA keep failing one after another.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNot to mention the infinite supply of awesome indie games I have access to at the click of my mouse…
Is it a hellscape?
The last two GOTYs have no micro transactions. The new Elden Ring DLC is more of a traditional expansion
Indie gaming is alive and well and it’s easier than ever to develop and publish.
It says “digital economic landscape”, so not just games and microtransactions, but having a distribution platform vendor-lock you in, not actually owning pieces of media you purchased on that platform and in a broader sense even art as a commodity
Also all the live-service cash-grab high budget AAA keep failing one after another.
Not to mention the infinite supply of awesome indie games I have access to at the click of my mouse…