Comment on Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now

chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ObsidianZed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Alternatively

  Game Publishers: Release unfinished game that gets horrid backlash until they work overtime to patch it to a slightly more playable hell, get caught in an update loop, game inadvertantly becomes live service.

  Sometimes, it works out (No Man’s Sky)

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most of the time it ends up shovelware, though.

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• pyre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  is Manor Lords live service? seems like they’re arguing against the notion that every game must be live service.

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, but it is still Early Access.

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was speaking of the gaming industry as a whole. I know very little about this developer. Perhaps they’re one of the good ones swept up in unfortunate-ness.

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• jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  see elsewhere: doubt about whether all game publishers are the same

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not saying they are. Just the ones that are the biggest and make the most money

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