How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year

Re:How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year by Faark on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:16PM (#19845246)

> Would these strategies have been a thing if so many people didn't flip their shit because a near AAA level game tried to charge a few bucks?

Yes, since AAA Studios want all the money they can possibly get. Thus we'd always end with them trying to squeeze every last penny they can get out of their customers. And predatory tactics seem to work best for that.

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Re:How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year by mattnewport on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:33PM (#19845333)

AAA studios didn't invent the model and they're still not the worst offenders, not because they're any more ethical but because they get more push back from their player base when try and take it too far. It was really the mobile and casual web / Facebook games that invented most of the dark patterns and are most effective at ruthlessly exploiting them.

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