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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by interroboink on Sunday June 05, 2022 @02:53PM (#31633788)
Maybe I misunderstand you, but if the "no longer works" comment refers to the business model as you say, then the person you replied to is saying "no, it can still work as a business model — here's an example."

It may not work as well or as easily, but I don't think that's the point being made.

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by Hemospectrum on Sunday June 05, 2022 @03:45PM (#31634219)
The customer might want to buy a product, and the studio might want to make it, but isn’t there someone they forgot to ask?

Business models that are lower-risk and higher-return are systematically preferred by investors. Games are expensive to make. FromSoft has been successful enough to stay in business for now. They’ll always be in competition with studios that sacrifice product quality for profitability. Many studios literally cannot afford to do things their way.

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