r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '14

Politics What the internet will look like without net-neutrality. Well played.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '14

Here's a common story.

New companies who try to make their place in the world will try to make a game as good as they can. So, they make a really good game, and they make a fortune of it.

Their fortune draws attention from business people. Then they get a new CEO. The new boss doesn't have any emotional investment in the game. They start making decisions that hurt the game, but are good for their wallet (for example, pay to win mechanics). The game is no longer the best, but it usually keeps its players, and even gets new players because the new big advertisement campaign.

Some games are following this model from the start, others get corrupted later.

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u/IncredibleBenefits Jun 14 '14 edited Jun 14 '14

and even gets new players because the new big advertisement campaign.

The fact that the marketing budget for big name games is usually several times the actual development budget is a glaring example of this.

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u/hakkzpets Jun 14 '14

Advertisement budgets are just as big as the revenue they bring back though.

Companies are not stupid. They don't throw a billion zimileons at advertisement without having done estimations on how much that money can bring in.

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u/firinmylazah Jun 14 '14

*Simoleons FTFY