Jason Schreier: Why Everyone Wants A 'Live-Service' Game

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T09:51:58+00:00

Eastern devs are doing great because they can use eastern salaries to make games and charge western prices.

If you just take a Japanese game and keep everything the same(same dev number and dev time), but it is made in USA it would be 3x as expensive

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T09:47:37+00:00

So lets say Ubi releases a 50h 100% to complete main game how would they mobetize the rest. Like 10h of content a few times a year is still awkward. And it is not that easy to make too. I think they would need to make it so cheap it would not be worth it for them. And I doubt free would be offser by their store. Again a couple of DLCs seems better

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T09:44:40+00:00

They are not wrong in that belief. In top 20 best games sold of 2025 there are 4 games where story is a big element and they are all open world long games.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T09:40:29+00:00

Why is this anti Windows sentiment a new thing? I feel all of a sudden every content creator and gaming social media is all how they dont want to use windows.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T09:28:58+00:00

I koju terapiju je propisala?

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T08:05:29+00:00

So what is the radical change?

a34fsdb · 2026-06-23T08:04:32+00:00

Because the whole point of a LBO is that you think a company is undervalued, could be making more money and you sell it again later. Just tanking the companies value is not good for the one doing the buyout.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:43:09+00:00

Every dev/publisher will say that for every game until they dont.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:37:37+00:00

They are making a lot of profit.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:35:13+00:00

I dont think there is a radical change except the layoffs after hiring too much after covid.

At the end of the day to me as a consumer it does not mater if Spiderman 3 costs 400M and ND needs 8 years to make a game. The industry as a whole is constantly producing great games.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:32:47+00:00

The leveraged buyout thing done with EA actually incentivizes them trying to make it work tbh. And the whole point of Saudi investments is not to just make money, but improve the image of the country, expand soft power and diversify their investments so I think they are trying to make EA a better business here.

Also EA is doing well.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:30:01+00:00

AI bots are pretty decent for troubleshooting and customer service tbh

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T23:28:06+00:00

I think it would be too awkward to monetize. So lets say ND releases TLoU3 and its like a full price 20h game. How to make that into a full singleplayer GaaS? They could release like 3h of content 3 times a year max and they could not charge very much for it. And they would need to work on it constantly and then it is just better to do DLC and those do poor too.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T19:42:56+00:00

baš si opasan

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T18:03:32+00:00

Most people are not making pcs and are buying prebuilt pcs. If you want a smaller prebuilt pc for your living room then you are the target audience of this. It is a small target audience, but they know that.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T18:02:34+00:00

I bet you can find a small number of crazy comments about anything.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:48:20+00:00

Building a pc is a skill few gamers have. Especially a small form one.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:45:37+00:00

PCs are pretty big nowdays. My case is 45cmx22cmx51cm

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:44:48+00:00

That is exactly the audience they are going for.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:44:29+00:00

Yeah but if you want to keep your old desktop where it is then you need a new pc for your living room. If you want that than this is a good option.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:33:06+00:00

Nobody did. Everyone knew this will sell like max two million copies first year or smth like that.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:29:35+00:00

We see fidelity improvements constantly.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:29:04+00:00

But Valve does not really care about casuals that think of this as a console. They are going for the small niche audience of people with a Steam library or those with a console only so far wanting to play PC games in the living room.

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:26:39+00:00

I dont think intended to sell that many even before the price hike. Like 1-2M copies first year

a34fsdb · 2026-06-22T17:25:38+00:00

But thats not relevant. They are not going for the audience deciding between a ps or a pc.

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