I'm almost out of energy for repeating myself on this point. Every good game that I can think of offhand made plenty of money. Right up to the present day. Sell

I'm almost out of energy for repeating myself on this point. Every good game that I can think of offhand made plenty of money. Right up to the present day. Selling a game for money is still a plenty viable business model. Now, ok, yes these freemium Skinner box things are not games in the same sense I and other gamers are used to. Just like slot machines have nothing to do with Grand Theft Auto, this new breed of F2P 'games' have nothing to do with Portal. What's unfortunate is that companies that used to make good games are selling out, in the very essence of the phrase. In my opinion, it's not because what they were doing before isn't viable, it's because their management is that admirable combination of greedy and risk-averse.