Yep... You can narrow gameplay structure down to most mathematically efficient way to mess with peoples dopamine system to maximize micro transactions. I quit all plans to make money working on games. Do it as a hobby now
Capitalism is so irrational that video games are made intentionally bad, against the wishes of both the developers and the customers. The only two groups involved in the game at all have no say in how it is made.
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Just wanna make cool stuff
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Not to mention, there are some games that people want to play, and developers dying to make them, for free even, but they will never be made because the company that controls the IP makes more profit by not making games now.
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Hey, have you seen what your arch enemy has been up to? "Elon Musk’s Crusade for Media Accountability Lasted Three Whole Days Before He Recommended a News Site Affiliated With a Suspected Sex Cult" https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/elon-musks-crusade-for-media-accountability-lasted-three-whole-days-before-he-recommended-a-news-site-affiliated-with-a-suspected-sex-cult.html …
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Can you elaborate?Sounds pretty interesting
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The easiest example: open any mobile game, "you have 4 lives! You are 18 minutes from getting one refilled" ... That life tracker represents time that someone spent making their game LESS playable to try and make a buck off you.
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Except for indies
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They are going too far on this one!!!
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no, no, now wait, I got this! :
#Capitalism is so bad -the workers are so demoralized! you have to sort the#pizza toppings yourself!#ffs :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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by the way, it doesn't get any better if you're into games that aren't even on sale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-gN-pvdaaU …
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