Nag Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Would you consider "tipping" a game dev? https://www.thegamer.com/blizzard-president-mike-ybarra-tip-game-studios-on-top-of-70-dollar-price/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Reading the article, his comments don't seem quite that bad. Some places do let you tip devs already, but it's small studios on itch and the like. I don't know, if people want to it's their money but I don't see me doing it for a large publisher, and certainly not for someone like Blizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, DANGERMAN said: I don't see me doing it for a large publisher Exactly this. Imagine being offered to tip say, £15, on the newest Assassin's Creed. Those games have literally thousands of people involved in the game. What's more likely, they get a fraction of a penny each, or Ubisoft just go "cheers, I'll look after that"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Plus with how much fluctuation there is in the industry there is a good chance that whoever made game X isn't even part of the company anymore whenever you get around to playing it and potentially thinking about a tip. This really only works for indie studios I think. But in that case I'd probably rather just buy the game a second time on another platform or as a gift etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Of course tipping would never get weaponised and taken advantage of by companies? Leading to staff being even more underpaid. Load of fucking bollocks. Would consider it for an indie dev. But any publisher is an absolute no-no. Make no mistake this guy is talking about AAA devs too, “paid $70 and they haven’t nickel and dimed me” - fucking rich from a Blizzard guy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 There's some kickstarters I wouldn't mind being able to contribute to after the funding window has closed, like a tip jar. I wish I could do that with Pathologic 2 but when the KS started at the time I was broke. Buying gifts for others is an option but I feel weird about doing it, cause I feel I'm putting pressure on someone to play a game they might have no interest in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted Wednesday at 23:12 Share Posted Wednesday at 23:12 A PS1 looking survival horror game but more 3D movement and stuff. Could be some super throw away bargain bin thing. But it looks kind of neat. I saw it scrolling Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted Thursday at 12:04 Share Posted Thursday at 12:04 I’ve had my eye on that for a bit. Looks old school Resi which I’m well up for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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