Spreading the word about a game you pirated and enjoyed is "at worst an equal trade," Hakita says.

I actually bought ultrakill but now I have an even bigger respect for the chad that is Hakita

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I don’t think that mass production is doing it alone, but that it’s a factor. It’s what prevents GameFreak from changing the core gameplay of the game; and without meaningful changes to core gameplay, they need to attract players through other ways.

    And one of those ways is making the mons of a newer gen stronger than the ones of the gen before. (Another is introducing “gimmick mechanics” that get forgotten in the next gen.)

    • MissingNမြw/nonsymmtrical face@mastodo.neoliber.al
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      5 months ago

      @lvxferre Define meaningful changes to core gameplay and Gamefreak doesn’t seem to have perverse monetary incentives to power creep so I’m just guessing a more benign creative block here rather than willful. I don’t think people buy Pokemon games for the competitive esports aspects anyway even though I see a lot of changes in later gens clearly geared towards VGC gameplay.