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> Large game companies make a significant percentage of their revenue from the so-called "whales", which tend to be lonely people with an addiction control prob
by rkk3 5y ago
> Large game companies make a significant percentage of their revenue from the so-called "whales", which tend to be lonely people with an addiction control problem.
Yes but those companies are freemium or in-app purchases "games" which is AFAIK a completely different model than Ubisoft which sells $60 games once like FarCry or Assassins Creed.
- InitialLastName 5y agoNot completely different... The newer installments in both of those games have substantial levels of in-app purchases. To an increasing extent, the $60 purchase price for a AAA game is being subsidized by continuing aesthetic purchases, loot boxes, content subscriptions, and opportunities to buy gameplay capability.