They didn’t have apps to push back then, and any such sale probably wouldn’t have been something like 80% off.  

Really? Because I can’t think of one. I can sure think of plenty of games that keep more of their content accessible in the game, but it’s completely unparsable so as to range from meaningless to actively detrimental to the experience. Games that try to keep seasonal storylines around are unfailingly an absolute mess…

You’re right, my bad. He didn’t cure them, he just paid for 100% of their treatment. This monster must be stopped.

“Hur Dur capitalism bad” is about the depth of progressive criticism regarding the subject matter around here and Reddit.

My guy, you have no idea what a company town is.

The history of company towns in the US relied on the company controlling:

1) Transportation
2) Goods and services flowing into the town

Okay, maybe you missed the point.

5 houses in a city of 87,000 a company town does not make.

Except he hasn’t actually created a company town?

He bought five houses. There are 87,000 people in Greenville.

5 houses over 5 years is buying a whole neighborhood now…?

I’m no fan of Mr Beast and I’ve been critical of his “let me help people but only in order to get Youtube views” scheme in the past but legit the comparisons to Elon Musk are unfounded and is making him out to be much worse than he is.

I REALLY don’t get the tone of this article. The writer legit sounds offended that this dude is nice enough to purchase actual freakin homes for his employees...

Like Golden Corral is an icon of healthful eating?

1) This is a caricature of management and 2) You are cherrypicking the biggest games of the most established franchises and 3) You aren’t considering all the costs/risks of games that don’t do well.

The publisher completely funds development of the game. If the developer is external, they’ll receive payments upon delivery of milestone builds throughout development. After the game launches, they might see royalties once/if the publisher sees ROI.

The reason costs balloon in game development is because of marketing costs, and “profits” going to CEOs at such a high margin that the studios themselves get screwed over.

One thing to keep in mind is the following two truths:

Also - from someone who works in advertising here - most people would be shocked at what ad placements actually cost. Even with programmatic digital targeting it all cost more than you’d expect. And if you start adding print, video or out of home (advertising in public spaces) it can add up quick. and that doesn’t…

I don’t buy it, his story stinks to high heaven - absolutely no chance in hell did he not realize what he got. Aftermath is a “micro” set and the first of its kind, with 50 total unique cards in the set and 5-card packs, 6 if you’re getting a collector’s booster. That excuse holds water for EXACTLY one pack, and the…

This sounds like a helluva reboot of Smokey and the Bandit. Or maybe the next installment of Harold and Kumar.

It’s why twitter *had* verified marks. Now scammers buy bluechecks.