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> 2010 (aroind the time of Infinity Blade) to 2013 was the golden age of premium games. By 2015 almost every game pulled out or went the f2p route. I remember

> 2010 (aroind the time of Infinity Blade) to 2013 was the golden age of premium games. By 2015 almost every game pulled out or went the f2p route. I remember this too. We had a period with plenty of premium pay in advance games, then a period of games with ads that you could pay to remove, then the companies decided that the most reliable monetization strategy in the face of widespread theft was microtransactions.

smoldesu 3y ago
> then the companies decided that the most reliable monetization strategy in the face of widespread theft was microtransactions. A wise man once said that widespread software theft is a service problem. Legend has it that he still runs a successful game storefront to this day!