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minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoSomeone please explain to me why a game after selling millions of copies shouldn’t be open sourced
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoBecause it will create expectation on the side of players that the game will become free in a while, driving down sales. The open sourcing period should be at least long enough to justify purchase, probably a decade after the release.
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago Because it will create expectation on the side of players that the game will become free in a while, driving down sales. Sales reasons… gotta make more millions to stuck up
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAbsolutely. But that’s what drives game development and everything under capitalism
Someone please explain to me why a game after selling millions of copies shouldn’t be open sourced
Because it will create expectation on the side of players that the game will become free in a while, driving down sales.
The open sourcing period should be at least long enough to justify purchase, probably a decade after the release.
Sales reasons… gotta make more millions to stuck up
Absolutely. But that’s what drives game development and everything under capitalism