alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoStardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLCwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down13
arrow-up1302arrow-down1external-linkStardew Valley creator swears 'on the honor of my family name' that he'll never charge money for DLCwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareDarkSirrush@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoMost companies charging for dlcs are AAA devs, not indie. I assure you they can afford to keep the lights on.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoWasn’t talking about AAA, plenty of indies sell dlc
minus-squareZedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThe worst culprits though are the EAs and Paradoxes of the world that sell dozens of DLCs for games that cumulatively cost far more than the base game itself.
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoThat practice doesn’t invalidate the need of extra revenue streams for smaller studios Edit: updated original comment to make context clear
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoEdited my comment to make it clear that I was talking about indies, I can provide some more context later if it’s still not obvious why
Most companies charging for dlcs are AAA devs, not indie. I assure you they can afford to keep the lights on.
Wasn’t talking about AAA, plenty of indies sell dlc
The worst culprits though are the EAs and Paradoxes of the world that sell dozens of DLCs for games that cumulatively cost far more than the base game itself.
That practice doesn’t invalidate the need of extra revenue streams for smaller studios
Edit: updated original comment to make context clear
Then this isn’t about them?
Edited my comment to make it clear that I was talking about indies, I can provide some more context later if it’s still not obvious why