I...I can´t tell which industry is more messed up: either the music industry or the video game one. Articles like that make you truly miss the old era of video games when they used to release complete games without bugs and passing through quality controls.
Not only that, but the industry in the 2010s decided to lean towards the direction of abusive microtransactions, lootboxes and paid content. All those practices that you find on mobile have been absorbed and are being applied on the big titles (the triple AAA games) and companies go fully rampant and while they get more net gains than ever (especially the CEOs) and the industry is more profitable, the direction that the industry has taken is just absolutely ridiculous. I could write a few paragraphs and extend myself why this industry is rotten to the core and how that hobby is quite expensive to follow and how they play with people´s psychology in order to suck more money out of everyone, including games meant for kids.
There will be a point in which politicians will study this matter and begin to regulate these business practices (for example: Belgium banning lootboxes) but in the meantime, the pay to pay system is going to stick around for a while.
>It is our trash though, and, in a era when the comics don't come often or you find "season 10" sucky, I can perfectly see the appeal of memeing and taking what few hints of a new concept it brings to table and running with it.
well, that´s the unexpected outcome out of it but the fanbase is the side that makes the whole thing worthwhile...and I can´t complain about that.
