• duchess@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    It‘s a passion project alright, but we won‘t see many games if only those are getting done.

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      17 hours ago

      Less AAA trash fires and better access to actual passion projects because they aren’t being drowned in a sea of mediocrity?

      This is an absolute win on all sides

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        10 hours ago

        Passion projects like Stardew where the devs get paid nothing for years? That’s not sustainable.

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          3 hours ago

          I buy things in early access for just such a reason. If it looks like something I’ll like, I’ll buy it early to support development. If it’s great then great. If it falls through then I’m out a bad investment of like, $10.

          I’ve got probably a hundred indie games in my library that I’ve supported in exactly such a fashion, from raw pre-alpha to 1.0 release to post-release content update or dlc. They aren’t all winners. But many of them were worth the cost of investment and then some.