It’s a bit more than that with Kitfox involved, but I don’t see why that makes him wrong. Greed kills a ton of creativity in games. Not just layoffs but over aggressive monetization and fear of innovation.
The problem is capitalism, in general. But more specifically, it’s the current era of capitalism where line must always go up. Growth must be infinite.
Just as one entertaining example, here in ontario the government sells weed, but at black market prices, and then when they couldn’t sell what they had, they let it sit so long it had to be destroyed rather than simply lowering the price. So, we’re 1. not interfering with the black market, 2. no longer accounting for supply and demand through price adjustment… and there’s no real reason why but pride. People are proud when the cost of the item they produce goes up, enjoy the income, and forget that it works the other way too. Flooding the market with cheap, good shit is considered shitting the bed, so to speak. Pandering twats…
It used to be called collusion, but hey, usury used to be 3%. /shrug
I love dwarf fortress, but it easy to throw stones when your company consists of two people.
It’s a bit more than that with Kitfox involved, but I don’t see why that makes him wrong. Greed kills a ton of creativity in games. Not just layoffs but over aggressive monetization and fear of innovation.
there’s a reason his company is still two people dawg.
Doesn’t make Tarn wrong.
I feel it’s important to note that the brothers worked on this game for nearly twenty years, giving it away for free.
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Giant companies can’t use profit from the last game they made to fund the next one?
Profit? Or exploit?
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The problem is capitalism, in general. But more specifically, it’s the current era of capitalism where line must always go up. Growth must be infinite.
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Horseshit.
You’re saying this in a thread about a game that is literally free and has been the passion project of two brothers for nearly 20 years.
You might not see games like GTA or CoD. Might not. But even that’s still possible.
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My brother in Christ, I was refuting your point.
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Just as one entertaining example, here in ontario the government sells weed, but at black market prices, and then when they couldn’t sell what they had, they let it sit so long it had to be destroyed rather than simply lowering the price. So, we’re 1. not interfering with the black market, 2. no longer accounting for supply and demand through price adjustment… and there’s no real reason why but pride. People are proud when the cost of the item they produce goes up, enjoy the income, and forget that it works the other way too. Flooding the market with cheap, good shit is considered shitting the bed, so to speak. Pandering twats…
It used to be called collusion, but hey, usury used to be 3%. /shrug
/end drug addict rant