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sage-idiot t1_jabvsmj wrote

When you grow up and go to work you will be able to buy games you like.

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Lychee247 t1_jabvu6e wrote

If I play a game and an add pops up in the middle of my game play

I will break whoever ides was it

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minev1128 t1_jabvvca wrote

Lol what a horrible idea. Get a job.

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shiftybyte t1_jabvvpk wrote

Ad revenue doesn't come close to full price game sales, and even farther away from micro transaction sales.

You can play elden ring for "free" by earning some money and buying the game.

Go do some work for someone that will pay you for it, and you'll game "free" after that...

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gogadantes9 t1_jabw502 wrote

This has got to be a trolling attempt, lol.

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MrFoozOG t1_jabwgy5 wrote

Please never post again.

Your idea's are a joke.

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lascivious_boasts t1_jabwhhs wrote

As a cost/time enjoyment, videogames (particularly elden ring) are better than almost any other media.

If we're looking at a fresh AAA title, single player linear narrative (God of War) you're looking at £2 an hour.

Open world RPGs, Inc Elden Ring might be less than £1 an hour.

Multiplayer games (CoD etc) may have even better value, if you enjoy putting hours in.

Now consider what you want. To fund the huge cost of making a game in its entirety, you'd need a lot of money. Then the dev, publisher etc need a profit. So the ads have to be really really good value for the advertiser.

That means they have to be intrusive. Interrupting your narrative. Imagine in Elden Ring fighting for hours up to a boss room, you step into the fog and ...

BLAM... Do you need a razer thingymaboob? This thingy maboob is 1% better in three benchmarks that we chose because we liked that the numbers were higher. But it now only £1534 at your local store!

Every fucking time you die. 30 seconds of unskippable, poorly targeted dross. Screaming at you, begging you to buy their shit, and not their competitors.

It. Would. Break. The. Game.

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Sofaris t1_jabwx5u wrote

I like paying money fore the things I love and look back fondly at it.

Its not a Video game series but I paid about 200€ fore my favorite series (Blue Rays and Mangas) and I look foreward to pay 130 to 150€ more once the Blue Rays of season 2 come out in my country. This series earned my money so I am happy to pay it.

I feel simular about Video games.

Also I am pretty good at picking stuff I will like. I rearly regret having bought a game.

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Impurity41 t1_jabwzej wrote

Ads is probably the biggest, and I cannot stress this enough, #1 thing no one EVER wants to see in games. Ads are disruptive, annoying, and persistent.

If game companies put an ad in the game, there is ZERO CHANCE they will say “oh now we can give out games away for free”. No. They will still sell you the game and have bullshit ads.

That’s probably the single thing everyone everywhere, except you apparently, agree that we never want.

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabx470 wrote

As a game developer for mobile devices I am frustrated that people do not want to pay for my games but are only interested in them if they are free. I do paid my games which I play, so yeah, label this as trolling.

It is astounding how many people reacted to this dumb post whithin a shorr period of time but aren't reacting when I post content.

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabxakl wrote

Replying to sage-idiot (#2,096,360)

I do create games on my own, being forced to start working on games with ads. So yeah, I am grown up. Thank you for commenting on this post, please check out my other stuff or at least the Wolfpit Games.

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_NiohZA t1_jabxhqj wrote

there's ways but i'm sure you can find out how. who knows? you may get lucky and a friend can gift you the game.

Now onto the topic of ads, that should never be in games, even mobile games with ads, the moment a ad pops up, i delete the game

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabxnnm wrote

Replying to Impurity41 (#2,096,651)

I do develop games on my own and there is never such a debate about my content.

Instead I got people who are willing to play my games. If they get them for free. I am annoyed by the kind people are treating mobile games. You are right, no game needs ads at all and I am sad that people are not willing to pay 1.49 for a game which might bring them joy for hours but expect mobile games to be free to play and such. I dislike the way of making money with IAPs or Ads, but the industry and the consumers tend to enjoy this.

I do enjoy paying for a good game more than being annoyed by ads, as we as everyone. Thank you for your reaction.

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Neccoyoyo t1_jabxpj7 wrote

This has gotta be a shitpost or something

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabxs0o wrote

Replying to _NiohZA (#2,096,755)

I do own it. Bought it last year at release. I am no child but from a different country. And I do develop mobile games. Wanted to show the irony behind the idea of paying lots for console or pc games but being unwilling to pay 49 cents for a mobile game...

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabz7ua wrote

Replying to VelvetBox17 (#2,096,863)

Why? Really, tell me why I do look stupid? Because I asked a question? Or because I scratched on the throne of games which aren't for mobile to become like mobile games? I was asked by people to make my games for free with ads. Why is any other game different?

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabzqbk wrote

Replying to MrFoozOG (#2,096,529)

Why not? I am a gamer and a game developer. I pay for others people games but when I upload a mobile game which I made to pay my rent I am told to make it for free.

I will continue posting things on reddit, especially my content. Maybe someone is interested in my games and is checking my profile before telling me to stop posting.

This idea is a joke. On the other hand: Mobile games are made for a lot of platforms. When playing it on a smartphone you can most likely play it on a tablet as well. I would like to play Elden Ring on the go without the need to buy a set up for this because I already bought the game.

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jabzyew wrote

Replying to minev1128 (#2,096,377)

I do develop games on my own. This idea is horrible? Why do mobile games have to be free and with ads? And why has it to be marked as "advertisement" if someone like me puts a button into my game which directs you to other games I made? Can you tell me this, o wise man?

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MrFoozOG t1_jac02yz wrote

Replying to CanisLVulgaris (#2,097,286)

Please also stop developing games if you want people to watch ads in order to play the game for free.

In a couple of years we'd be looking at 10 minute ads before we can even load up the game.

There's plenty free to play games out there, without ads.

Be one of these developers, that actively cares about making a proper product rather than some scummy shit tier game that begs for your wallet.

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jac056x wrote

Replying to lascivious_boasts (#2,096,536)

Why. Do. I. Have. To. Make. My. Games. Free?

I just want to get a answer why ads are tolerated on mobile games but not in console games. Thank you for your time and effort convincing me that O should not add ads in my mobile games anymore.

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minev1128 t1_jac0798 wrote

Replying to CanisLVulgaris (#2,097,344)

Mobile gaming is a niche genre to begin with. The business model of mobile gaming is to get as much money from people who play them. I have no idea why you'd pick making games on mobile to begin with.

Also big companies are already doing this by doing live service games which the majority hates.

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booksandmints t1_jac0lwx wrote

I would absolutely not ever play a game on any format that was littered with ads. That’s a deal-breaker right there, no question. I wouldn’t care if it was free — if it’s got ads I’m not playing it.

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jac12tu wrote

Replying to minev1128 (#2,097,400)

I tried to put my games on Steam, but I only paid the money (100$) and was not allowed to upload. Dunno why.

Mobile games are fun as well. And I enjoy being tasked to make a game which you can enjoy everywhere. I think you can enjoy a lot of the premium apps you can find online. The accessability is higher with mobile games. You can connect to even more people with them and people tend to keep these mobiles in their surrounding. Never saw anyone taking his Game Set Up with them :D I am sad that so many people tend to see mobile games as being something less worthy. There are honest people out there expressing their ideas and artistic nature with these. But in contrast to that big companies trying to find ways to make players pay more for less (Mobile Diablo game, I mean, does Blizzard NEED to be like that? They could have been proven being a game company is not about following the mind set of greed.)

And, this was maybe true in the past, mobile games are easier to create while being on its own :D I am an artist, writer and programmer.

Thank you for your comment :D

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jac1a7i wrote

Replying to MrFoozOG (#2,097,371)

I am trying to. Therefore, most of my games are premium. They aren't as good as a AAA title, but I enjoy making games. I want to continue making ad free content, when there are more people like you willing to pay for a game before playing it. But this would mean making lots of video content to make people engage with it. I wished we were back in the old days as we had only a box cover to tell us if a game is good or not :D

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CanisLVulgaris OP t1_jac4og0 wrote

Replying to VelvetBox17 (#2,098,110)

Of course, no game should need to use ads to get any revenue. On the other hand, I paid for an incomplete game with features I can not use unless I pay for a membership to engage with multiplayer. I dunno who started this advertisement in mobile games, nor am I a fan of it, but as you and others mentioned, people see mobile games not on the same level as Pc or console games. Why is that?

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