Timothy Lochner

Begin rant: there is a growing myth that making games is some sort of get rich scheme. It’s not. Yet gamers frequently use terms like “money grab” and “greed” when devs ask to get paid for work...

...player review systems empower players:that’s good. But it is also used to punish. Game prices keep declining bc gamers increasingly shop on price. Devs try to pay the bills by making DLC content...and are punished in reviews...

...most devs don’t want to implement things like loot boxes or micro transactions. But the fact is, they work. So now the industry is playing a really old game with itself: The prisoner’s dilemma...

...what we need is some basic economic u derogatory ding: money is exchanged for goods and services. A game bought for $30 on Steam is that exchange. If the player wants new work done, it has to be paid for by the player...