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[CNBC] Why The $183 Billion Video Game Industry Can't Quit Microtransactions (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

One of the best video games ever made, Tetris, was made in the Soviet Union, and the guy who made it didn't see any profit from it for most of his life. Passion projects and games as art would still exist too. I don't think Stardew Valley exists because Concerned Ape thought it would make him rich - it did, but that's not why the game exists in the first place.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

he did it because no one would listen to his music /s

[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, other than that one song the music was pretty unmemorable.