Why Modern Games Over Monetize (and how to fix it)

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Get 30 days free of Brilliant and 20% off an annual premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/GoingIndie/ It feels like every game has currencies, battlepasses, seasons, rotating shops, or loot boxes. All of them manipulating you to play more, and to pay more. So how do we fix it? 🟥 100% of Patreon is gifted to up-and-coming indie studios https://www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🎮 Check out Dante's 9 on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3293350/Dantes_9/ 🎮 Check out my game on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1930350/Fallen_Worlds/ 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord https://discord.gg/MBZRYGVKpS 🐦 Follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/GoingIndieYT 📄 Research Links Activision Blizzard revenue https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fi1ism1z1oqdb1.jpg https://companiesmarketcap.com/activision-blizzard/revenue/ Ubisoft https://sherwood.news/business/ubisoft-assassins-creed-downward/ Rurikhan accidentally clicks buy button https://x.com/Rurikhan/status/1682187267425574914 Horse armor was mocked, but it launched a billion-dollar cosmetic industry https://www.polygon.com/23399591/elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-horse-armor-video-game-cosmetics Loot boxes are dead. What comes next will be worse | Wired https://www.wired.com/story/loot-boxes-new-gambling/ Epic Games will settle Fortnite loot box lawsuits in V-Bucks https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/22295676/epic-games-fortnite-loot-box-lawsuit-settlement-rocket-league-v-bucks https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459465/tencent-and-netease-lose-80-billion-in-value-as-china-announces-new-rules-to-limit-game-spending/ Tencent and NetEase Lose $80 Billion in Value as China Announces New Rules to Limit Game Spending ‘Hi-Fi Rush’ Reportedly Didn’t Make Xbox Enough Money, But Why Would It? https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/04/21/hi-fi-rush-reportedly-didnt-make-xbox-enough-money-but-why-would-it/ Former EA CEO John Riccitiello On Gaming Microtransactions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6-u8OIJTE Double Dragon3 video by @TopHatGamingManChannel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzO-39_5FSs China's New Gaming Crackdown is Insane by @atrioc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uieLEIVlQgc Former PlayStation Chairman Shawn Layden on Modern Gaming's Biggest Challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTNzpH4sH_E