How Licensing Ruined Video Games
Why have brand deals, tie in skins and franchise takeovers become the core product in almost every game? Is nothing allowed to just have it's own aesthetic any more?
Why have brand deals, tie in skins and franchise takeovers become the core product in almost every game? Is nothing allowed to just have it's own aesthetic any more?
Gaming might feel like it's getting more expensive all the time, but new data shows that actually, the games you're buying are getting cheaper.
Last year, Bungie gave Destiny players an exit ramp... and most players took it! They've been scrambling to recover since, amidst the chaotic apparent non-starter that's been Marathon. All the while, even Sony has given up on them to the tune of $240 million!
Steam, Epic, Humble. All of them banned Horses. GOG are making a killing off it, though.
Turns out all Arrowhead had to do to fix one of their most enduring problems was ask for help.