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Devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks", says publisher of Manor Lords, citing how gamers seem to be trained to expect endless content work now (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This really does not sound healthy. The game is released, for a certain amount of money. If people don't like what they get for their money, they simply should not buy it.

But by now gamers have been so trained to expect to endless content treadmills and all their ilk like mtx and battle passes that publishers/developers get egged on if they don't work on their game 24/7 and forever.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Game Publishers: complains about how users expect endless content

Also Game Publishers: Mostly pushes for live service games and Free-to-Play

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Alternatively

Game Publishers: Release unfinished game that gets horrid backlash until they work overtime to patch it to a slightly more playable hell, get caught in an update loop, game inadvertantly becomes live service.

Sometimes, it works out (No Man's Sky)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Most of the time it ends up shovelware, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

is Manor Lords live service? seems like they're arguing against the notion that every game must be live service.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I was speaking of the gaming industry as a whole. I know very little about this developer. Perhaps they're one of the good ones swept up in unfortunate-ness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

No, but it is still Early Access.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

see elsewhere: doubt about whether all game publishers are the same

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not saying they are. Just the ones that are the biggest and make the most money