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7 of the 10 most successful games of the last decade listed here also offer in-app purchases. I don't ignore success -- Overwatch, League, Dota, and Fortnite a
by danShumway 7y ago
7 of the 10 most successful games of the last decade listed here also offer in-app purchases.
I don't ignore success -- Overwatch, League, Dota, and Fortnite are all objectively well-designed games. But that doesn't mean that every decision they make is good design. If success was the only metric I used to judge design quality, I would have to conclude that Farmville was a better game than Hollow Knight.
- drivebycomment 7y agoI do agree Hollow Knight is a so much better game than Farmville (and most games, for that matter). But in this case, global/regional matchmaking is an essential part of those successful games and their game experience (unlike in-app purchases which are essential for moneymaking but not essential for game play experience). If those games didn't have regional matchmaking, they would provide very different experience. You keep saying you believe the global matchmaking is not important, but I'm afraid you have presented no coherent argument or evidence so far - hence it looks like you're simply ignoring the reality unfortunately. Given how much core part of the experience the global matchmaking is for those games, the onus is on you to prove the otherwise. So we'll likely have to agree to disagree.