webghost0101 comments on 'Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism': DayZ creator Dean Hall says the 'gambling mechanics' of Valve's monetization strategy 'have absolutely no place' in videogames

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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

"I agree with a lot of the people who get mad about the DLC approach. I don't really like the Icarus approach. We needed it to survive," he said. "I actually think a lot of gamers don't realize that 99% of devs out there are sitting there going, 'I don't like this.'”

Game devs so often get public flack for decisions outside their control i really wanted to highlight this part

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Flack? Giving someone some slack is giving them a break. Giving someone flack is giving them a hard time. If something’s outside someone’s control, giving them slack about it is a kind thing but giving them flack would be unfair.

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