Re:A video game that lets you make video games
by falcor84 on Sunday February 23, 2020 @09:13AM
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I'd actually be very happy with something like YouTube Premium (formerly known as Red) whereby you pay a monthly subscription to access all of these Dreams games, and a majority of that revenue would be redistributed amongst the creators, e.g. proportional to play time. This would then be quite similar to the current PS Plus and PS Now subscriptions.
> I actually hope they won't start letting people charge for their stuff in Dreams.
I tend to agree, but I also really like what YouTube has created with the ability to monetise videos: Many thousands of people who are now full-time independent publishers. From the demos that I've seen of this game, it could give aspiring game makers a pathway in the game industry which doesn't require joining a big studio, or learning (relatively speaking) complex tools. But that only works if they're able to sell their creations.
Perhaps if they have strong content moderation (to prevent spammy stuff which tends to occur when money starts getting involved), then they might be able to maintain a great community while creating more independent developers.
After all, Roblox has shown that monetisation in the game-creation space isn't necessarily a disaster.