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minus-squareYewb@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up90arrow-down1·2 years agoDo what people want and they buy your game? Lets get those fucking MBAs out of the gaming industry. Fuck you bobby kotik for creating this mess.
minus-squareThirdWorldOrder@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·2 years agoIt all started with the horse armor and we laughed
minus-square_wintermute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoAnd then bought the fucking horse armor apparently.
minus-squaresodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoWell think of the ROI for horse armor. One new model. How many sales do you need before you cover that cost?
minus-squarePraiseTheSoup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoZero, because it was probably created by an unpaid intern.
minus-squarecomic_zalgo_sans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoIf anything you need to go back to Bioware selling premium modules for NWN, or MS/Bungie selling map packs for Halo2. If anything Activision are a pretty conservative company and only dive in when someone else has proven a scheme works.
Do what people want and they buy your game?
Lets get those fucking MBAs out of the gaming industry.
Fuck you bobby kotik for creating this mess.
It all started with the horse armor and we laughed
And then bought the fucking horse armor apparently.
Well think of the ROI for horse armor. One new model. How many sales do you need before you cover that cost?
Zero, because it was probably created by an unpaid intern.
If anything you need to go back to Bioware selling premium modules for NWN, or MS/Bungie selling map packs for Halo2. If anything Activision are a pretty conservative company and only dive in when someone else has proven a scheme works.