Before and on release date, most sales are to a minority of highly engaged gamers that then create reviews and hype. Ubisoft needs that hype as they know the majority of the profit they will make is from sales after the release when the general public reads those reviews and then decide to spend their dollar on the game because the reviews were good. Also the majority of the general public won’t pirate anyway…

I say let him do that and then let congress legislate this once the grim details of how the human subjects died creates a scandal and political unity across the aisle. It’s the American Way®

Thanks for reminding me of this masterpiece of writing about management of social networks

People point fingers at Meta for “allowing” this but there’s no amount of money that can reasonably moderate 3 b-b-billion users.

This is a prime use case for AI technology

Maybe a better way to say that would be to say “humans are inherently random” as that is more feared by corporations

Just like vinyl albums are now $50+ a piece

That is, the skill of a Hollywood star is not really anything to do with the product, but simply being famous, recognizable, and likeable.

I bet studio execs and agents hate having to deal with their stars’ erratic behavior off screen and their personal projects. AI stars voiced by unseen voice actors are much more easier to deal with and they can pay voice actors less. This is IT driven enshittification of the entertainment industry.