Valve have updated the developer guidelines for releasing a game on Steam, making it clear that the scourge of mobile gaming advertising-based business models are not going to work on Steam.
  • mindbleach
    28·
    24 hours ago

    Age is not what’s wrong with charging money inside video games.

    Ban the entire business model.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      21 hours ago

      TF2 pioneered the modern micro transaction hellscape we’re all stuck with. And it still makes money despite almost a decade without a major update.

      • mindbleach
        11·
        20 hours ago

        We were never going to shop our way out of it.

        Only legislation will fix this.