I think this is more to have a look at a generational shift; Adults and elders may be still more familiar with movie stars, movie streaming services, Saturday cartoons, or things like those "Disney adults" I eared speak recently about, new generations just don't seems to feel it anymore: all those paradigm may go into the background such as a play and opera.
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If you ever played Pen&Paper Battleship as child, you already know what a Vector2 is (Vector2i more precisely), it just didn't click yet.
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What’s the downside?
Customer manipulation.
You could say "of course don't affect me" to FOMO, p2w, whales, dark patterns and alike... but just because you personally ignore it, it doesn't mean it's going to vanish. Industries live and evolve through money, the next iteration of video gaming is made by where money went.
LoL players came from a mod of Warcraft III; Riot is slowly cooking (put in warm-to-boil water) their frog customers in something people don't consider healthy (generally with "they are them, not me, so I don't care").
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nah, me neither.
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This is a rare win-win scenario. No matter who wins, a corporation gets screwed.
When we talk about law, is important to remember that's never "that or those guys's law"... it's always "everyone law".
If the law say "it's okey for Apple to bitch-slap Epic in the face": you may be happy that Epic got bitch-slapped... but then you have to remember that Apple can bitch-slap anyone in the face... you included.
They would do a lot better if Japanese companies would stop with the shitty DRM and provide actual support for the games they release.
We're still talking about big companies: that issue it's more about shareholders, CEOs usually can't go there and say "we didn't sell because our game suck". They need to say something on the line "dam pirates!".
Pocket Pair (Palworld) is a Japanese company that currently doesn't have to face the shareholder issue.
I'd say Gabe don't want to spent Valve's good guy points in anything controversial.
The reason why big publishers like Capcom and Square Enix, freely publish on Steam (without need for bribe money like Sony, Microsoft and Epic do) is due to the attraction of the "good guy reliability".
For example, during Bethesda+Valve pay mod fiasco Valve was quick to share half of the guilt with Bethesda and shut down everything... while of course, Bethesda show they were (and are) all the way in with the concept.
VAT in Australia is 10% (ref), but there are other things that effect the overall price (company's obligation, regulations etc.)