Why The $183 Billion Video Game Industry Can't Quit Microtransactions
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The video game industry cannot quit microtransactions. In fact, two of the largest video game companies in the United States — Electronic Arts and Take-Two I...
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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.

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

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

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