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Re:Nintendo sued for “immoral” Mario Kart lootboxes by jimbob45 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @11:42AM (#36045965)
Candy Crush isn't even top 5 in revenue [0]. Genshin isn't top 10. How can you look at money like that and ever think of going back to the flat fee price model as an executive?

That said, I've wondered why game companies haven't transitioned back to a socialized model where high profit games are used to subsidize the high-intellect games. I'm talking something like 2014 Blizzard where Hearthstone dwarfed the money every other IP was making but which still attracted a higher-end audience with SC2 and WoW.

[0]https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-genshin-impact-amon...

Re:Nintendo sued for “immoral” Mario Kart lootboxes by Ekaros on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:22PM (#36050347)
As a public company, why not just use the money to boost stock value or sell it. Subsidising games is losing money after all.