Evil plot twist: he has no family
More evil plot twist: his family has never had any honor.
Source: my family has no honor. I love them anyway. But if I swear on their honor that I’m not doing something then I’m 100% about to do it.
Let’s give him more money anyhow!
Good for him, he has the luxury of selling a bazillion copies! Most (indie) devs still need to keep the lights on 😔
Most companies charging for dlcs are AAA devs, not indie. I assure you they can afford to keep the lights on.
Wasn’t talking about AAA, plenty of indies sell dlc
The worst culprits though are the EAs and Paradoxes of the world that sell dozens of DLCs for games that cumulatively cost far more than the base game itself.
That practice doesn’t invalidate the need of extra revenue streams for smaller studios
Edit: updated original comment to make context clear
Then this isn’t about them?
Edited my comment to make it clear that I was talking about indies, I can provide some more context later if it’s still not obvious why
I feel like this is him saying exactly that - he’s acknowledging the outrageous success he’s had and saying he won’t (need to) charge for dlc ever
Probably true, it’s so funny that he has to promise his fans that he won’t charge for any bonus content even though he’s totally earned it 😆
Meanwhile devs at blizzard felt a chill run up their spines
I’ll just buy the game again on a different steam account when I like the content added in yet another major update.
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone is a shining star of how honesty and genuine care for the community can make you MUCH more successful than just trying to milk your content for every penny it’s worth.
Cultivate a following and it will grow. Exploit it and it will shrink. Crazy how nearly everyone in the industry has forgotten this
The Ape family name is at stake.
I don’t even play the game but I want to give him my money for being a good dev.
I wish they’d charge a little. Supporting them feels so good and I’ve run out of children to buy the game for haha
I’d be happy to pay for a large price of DLC, and if that means he needs to hire a couple programmers to make it happen, im fine paying their wage.
paying for cosmetics hats, though…
