Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn’t want to earn money from them I wouldn’t charge money for them.”

The game follows the premise of being trapped in an underwater submarine out of necessity to capture deep pictures.

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    Did they face significant backlash? Or is IGN just trying to “make fetch happen”? I might have just missed it.

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        Tweets do not represent significant backlash .

        Edit Significant backlash would be something like getting delisted from steam

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          A ton of people attacking the dev on Twitter is significant backlash. An earthquake does not have to cause a Tsunami to have a big effect.

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          IMO, not even visiting is very weird. Just use a blocker and steal their revenue.

          As an uninformed, I also wonder why you think IGN would make up stuff.

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            Not using a service that you dont like and dont agree with is weird? Really?

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              It’s like insisting on always paying with cash imo. Does some ethics but quite a bit of an inconvenience if you’re in a queue.

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                Ok yeah, you can be annoyed, but your cash example is ALSO perfectly fine if a person decides digital money isnt for them

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            They (including Musk) make money off of how ubiquitous it is, even if you’re not viewing ads. They leverage that daily view count.

            No judgement, but if you’re visiting X/Twitter, you’re supporting them. As for IGN, there’s the “too much water” controversy, but basically, they’re just way too corporate for me…