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Topic	I don't understand the obsession in making live service games
DepreceV2 02/06/24 8:09:44 PM #10:	pegusus123456 posted... Because you don't need a large audience for the live service game, you just need a dedicated playerbase large enough to have a few whales that buy the cosmetics and battlepasses. This guy used to work at Blizzard. Helped make SC2. He claims, probably correctly, that the one single Celestial Steed mount that they sold for $15 made more money than SC2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZru-6M8BY The problem is that most live service games cant even grab that anymore. Plus, it seems that it takes a lot more money to make a live service game vs your typical game which makes it harder to make your money back --- Atlanta Falcons choking a 28-3 lead in the 3rd qtr: https://youtu.be/gY8exXZgyqc Atlanta Falcons choking a 26-10 lead in the 4th qtr: https://youtu.be/BYJHgyXiwvs <cite>DepreceV2 posted [p:978696447] in I don't un... [t:80689982]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>Because you don't need a large audience for the live service game, you just need a dedicated playerbase large enough to have a few whales that buy the cosmetics and battlepasses. This guy used to work at Blizzard. Helped make SC2. He claims, probably correctly, that the one single Celestial Steed mount that they sold for $15 made more money than SC2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZru-6M8BY</quote>The problem is that most live service games cant even grab that anymore. Plus, it seems that it takes a lot more money to make a live service game vs your typical game which makes it harder to make your money back --- Atlanta Falcons choking a 28-3 lead in the 3rd qtr: https://youtu.be/gY8exXZgyqcAtlanta Falcons choking a 26-10 lead in the 4th qtr: https://youtu.be/BYJHgyXiwvs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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