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Which is the ass-backwards financing problem the author was talking about: It would be much more reasonable for everyone involved to have a clear, up-front cost
by creshal 11y ago
Which is the ass-backwards financing problem the author was talking about: It would be much more reasonable for everyone involved to have a clear, up-front cost structure (even Bethesda DLCs are less scummy than the average Android app's in-purchases). Yet, consumers are not willing to do that.
- Godel_unicode 11y agoI think it's a little bit the momentum of the industry, but mostly it's straight up economics. If exploiting game theory allows you to in-app purchase your way to AAA-game revenue without putting in AAA-game resources, why wouldn't you?
- nas 11y agoI don't see how it helps his point, maybe I don't understand his argument. The iOS and Android game market had payment built into the system very early, unlike the web. Given the quality of the average mobile game, I don't see how that is an argument for building payments into web standard. The market is filled with trash games, mostly designed to trick users into in-app payments. Quality games with real effort put into them are being squeezed out.