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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by ksec on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:46AM (#27907806)
I think part of their goal is try to lower the cost to Game Development which is getting insanely expensive. It was also how they started the whole middleware / Game engine. Currently the vast majority of cost are Graphics Asset and ArtStation / Sketchfab are keys to this goal.

Although in reality the cost reduction will likely be spend elsewhere to makes things a little better. So it is either cheaper or higher quality games.

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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by an_opabinia on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:59AM (#27907984)
> Although in reality the cost reduction will likely be spend elsewhere to makes things a little better. So it is either cheaper or higher quality games.

I agree. Photoreal asset libraries will make it a lot cheaper to finance games though, like to build your demo to get the funding could decrease radically. This is the strategy behind these acquisitions.

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