• teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    the firm is working to sign up games from other developers, who’ll earn from a revenue share based on player engagement.

    This is the dealbreaker for me. If there is a masterpiece game on there that takes 10h to complete, and a slop game that people sink 100s of hours into, I want the rev share to reward the 10h masterpiece more. I do not want an indie subscription service that incentivizes player engagement, full stop.

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      1 month ago

      Fair criticism, though I’m curious if engagement translates directly to hours spent. I wonder if they have any other way to measure.

      Maybe one simple thing would be if players take the time to review a game, it presents a boost to “engagement” disregarding their playtime.