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That's all well and good, but you'd have to make the case that players' adoption would be significantly affected by whether the game is open source, and I can't
by DangitBobby 4y ago
That's all well and good, but you'd have to make the case that players' adoption would be significantly affected by whether the game is open source, and I can't think of any plausible causal mechanism, let alone evidence, of that.
- aflag 4y agoVery few games are open sourced, specially AAA games. So, it won't be easy to find evidence. I think the point is more that it's more sustainable and it can keep up indefinitely.
- CyanBird 4y agoOpen sourcing the game opens the possibility of different groups changing the game in different ways and directions to optimize it for viewership and entertainment, the fact that it is open sourced would lead to different groups optimizing it in different ways and creating competition in these niches Mentioned elsewhere is the case of Kespa vs Blizzard. Kespa would run starcraft Broodwar like a reality TV show where the entertainment of thhe viewer would come first to demerit of the competition (think added randomness into the game state), whereas Blizzard would strip the reality tv angle and randomness and focus near soly on the actual sport/competition angle rather than optimize viewer entertainment