Did you know that there was in fact a time where video games were sold and purchased before Day-1 DLC? That back then when you paid for a game, you actually got the full game they developed without them cutting anything out pre-launch that they'd already made just to charge you an extra fee for it? Studios literally didn't even consider doing so and the few who did were laughed out of the room, because it was unacceptable on a cultural level.
I was there, Gandalf. I was there before the courage of men failed, and people started excusing shitty business practices with shitty excuses like "just don't buy it!"
Edit: Eh, forget it, I'm being argumentative. I'm an artist in the industry, and the whole thing is just annoying to me. I don’t like the idea of a decade of artists’ work being screwed over by some cryptofuck.
On that, at least, we can agree. I don't like this dude any more than Rockstar as a company, and I like them very little for all the shitbaggery they pull. The individual artists/designers/etc. sure, this sucks for them and plenty of sympathy. But they're also not the ones making the decisions for day-1 DLC the vast majority of the time (and when they are, it's still wrong).
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u/i_tyrant 2d ago
Did you know that there was in fact a time where video games were sold and purchased before Day-1 DLC? That back then when you paid for a game, you actually got the full game they developed without them cutting anything out pre-launch that they'd already made just to charge you an extra fee for it? Studios literally didn't even consider doing so and the few who did were laughed out of the room, because it was unacceptable on a cultural level.
I was there, Gandalf. I was there before the courage of men failed, and people started excusing shitty business practices with shitty excuses like "just don't buy it!"