Isn't it? Take Cyberpunk 2077 for instance, it was leaked not long after it's launch; most people (even here) called it trash and gave up on it due to the bugs

Isn't it? Take Cyberpunk 2077 for instance, it was leaked not long after it's launch; most people (even here) called it trash and gave up on it due to the bugs. Then after grinding away at it for 2+ years CDPR just sold more than 25 million copies after the last expansion. [0] That is ~25% of it its total sales. While it's unlikely to determine exactly how much of an effect it had, it certainly wasn't zero. Consider also the massive community modders had greater access and CDPR garnered lots of new info (and code) from this source. It maybe its a niche to the communities I've been around, be it in tech/games/music, but this a norm not an exception. Paywalled/DLC BS is a recent phenomon and its entirely off-putting, I didn't get PL this time around (I just don't have time to game) I did like how much of an impact it has made not just for the game, but the genre itself. 0: https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/cdprs-games-have-sold-over-100-million-copies/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/mustafa-mahmoud/cdprs-game...