• atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Is it uncommon for people to make games for fun, not to get as much money as possible?

    Why would they even need more money?

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      23 hours ago

      If nothing else, to sustain themselves. The more they profit off one game, the longer they can develop their next project without worrying.

      Say one of them has an idea for an awesome 3D Soulslike, but they’d have to triple their team size to make it in a reasonable time frame. They could afford that with more money.

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      1 day ago

      It’s not uncommon for people to make games for fun and to not get as much money as possible from them. It’s less common for companies and studios to not try to get as much money as possible from games, even less common for them to make games purely for fun.

      Because generating fun doesn’t pay bills.

      • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        Its a really small company

        Not wanting to make as much money as possible doesnt mean not wanting to make money at all