• bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Capitalistic motives is incompatible with any art form. Executives are the harbingers of the mindless greed of it.

    The good art we see under capitalism is in spite of it, not because of it.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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    2 months ago

    It’s the unchecked capitalism.

    Better labor protection and antitrust laws would help, but the fundamental push is towards maximum exploitation of worker and customer. Power consolidates and then abuse for profit becomes easy.

    • PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s unchecked because customers don’t really care. When is the last time there was a boycott of a game due to how the developers are treated?

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Capitalism doesn’t get checked by consumers, there are a billion things too much to properly pay attention to and no viable alternatives.

        It gets checked by either regulations and laws or replacing it with something else.

  • TKRyer@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Believe it or not, video games are art, and art is no longer for art’s sake. It’s for shareholders. That’s when these decisions happen.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Stop

    Buying

    AAA

    Games

    Stop

    And don’t confuse high budget indie studios with AAA game developers