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Maybe I’m old but every time a developer becomes a publisher, it’s the beginning of the enshitification process.

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How about the finish Craftopia before they start shovelling more early access crafting clones at us…

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What exactly being “publisher” means? It’s not like most games are released on physical media these days or need distribution contracts in multiple countries.

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Essentially, you help fund the development of the game for a cut of the profits later. Not a lot of studios are able to fund themselves between games. Granted, a lot of that is because they are sharing profits with a developer .

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They’re like the record labels of gaming.

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To add to the other comment, publishers can also help with, or wholly handle, marketing too.

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Nobody even fucking uses the word “enshittification” correctly these days anyhow.

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Even enshittification®️™️ is not safe from enshittification.

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