According to an analyst from IHS, Nintendo's new paid online service for the Switch makes complete sense though it may be a hard transition for the usual Nintendo fans.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.
If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.
But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry
Exactly these companies were raising money for good causes and gamers were donation and come to find out they are keeping a good chunk of be pie
Yeah tip your developer, 5% proceeds go to developer, 95% to the publisher or whoever. Isn't tipping for staff not making minimum wage? How about they just pay their developers properly and like you know, give them fair bonuses? Too much to ask from Blizzard these days, Kotick saw to that and is now laughing all the way to the bank.
It's the t**ts at the top looking at ways to cut devs wages and get the players to tip them like waiting staff, and I'll guarantee a percentage is skimmed and kept by Activision Blizzard. This is 100% for shareholder and CEO playouts.
I have to agree with this. On the surface tipping devs sounds like a great idea, but in the end it leads to pay cuts and subsidization of pay. Tips then become an expectation or the devs “can’t make a living.” Lastly, especially in the US, tip culture has gotten out of control, and it serves as an excuse not to properly pay employees. Sounds good but doesn’t end well.
@ Popsicle
I think your right on the nose with how much tipping has become rampant. Instead of it being a relationship directly between the customer and the developer or employee, it now has a middle man ingrained in the system. DoorDash is one example. It ends up becoming a metric where the company can measure 'just how much more money you are willing to part with' before raising the price on the main product.
Uh so they’re trying triple dip or more we buy the game that they’re already withholding/cutting content for dlc we was told that season pass would help the developers thrive we felt for it.
Now on top of all that plus their sales bonus they want tips enough is enough whatever happens to you create/built a good game get a bonus for sales milestones you care about your game and community we reward you with more sales not for doing 3/4 of a game then save the other 1/4 for dlc and passes after
Very well said. If it was possible to send the money to either the developer or some organization for the betterment of gaming, sure. But we all know that will not be the case.
No, it would go to those on the top. They will still fire developers, have a bunch of microtransactions, raise prices of games and so on.
So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!
That kind of practice is only normal in the states, as far as I know anyway, what a backwards system
Ireland is literally the first stop across the pond and we don't have a tipping culture. The only establishments here that would expect a tip are the tourist haunts that Americans visit. Other than that, you might tip in a restaurant as a sign of gratitude for great service and waiting staff would be paid a full wage anyway.
Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.
"The company was unable to focus enough on its main hope"
Nope. Going back to the 32X as the reason Sega lost that generation doesn't go back far enough before the Saturn.
Sega executives need to blame themselves as to why Sega lost that generation. Not Saturn. Not 32X. Not Sega CD. Nope. Executives were the reason why. It wasn't the hardware. Those devices were either dropped early or released to soon resulting in a developer backlash the hurt the game catalog. They really shouldn't have been made at all because they should have planned their next move more carefully. It has nothing to do with the devices. Poor leadership decisions and lack of unity within the company are what happened.
Love how blame is always shifted away from what is the truth. Writing a book placing the blame on the 32X isn't the truth.
I am pretty sure there are documentaries (Youtube) around it which highlights these points. I had Sega Mega drive and NES growing up but that's about it. I didn't even know there was a war going on between these companies but I do remember thinking why I can't play Sonic cartridge on Nintendo or Mario on Sega :D
I had the Genesis and the Saturn, also had the SNES and 64, I never got a Dreamcast for some reason, but I never saw one in the stores either.
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Sony and Microsoft are doing it, why not them. Hopefully the monthly VC games are decent.
assuming they will provice a paid service that equals that of microsoft and sony for online gaming that is ok. But aside of discounts and a monthly game rental that is not even a proper benefit, what else are they giving you for your money? They better dont charge 10usd a month just for the "benefit" to play online, voice chat and a game rental because benefits are subpar compared to Gold and Plus at this time.
That they do paid online makes sense indeed, yes, not liking the free old games that are only playable for 1 month tho, that's something they need to change...
Dear God no it doesn't , it makes sense for Nintendo taking money from consumers, it doesn't make sense for gamers.
it is one of the stupidest decisions I've ever seen a company make especially a company that is losing gamers in regards to people purchasing their Hardware.
Nothing is wrong with a company charging for their servers as I understand they have to run a business but something is wrong when they're charging money to a service that they didn't even have the damn nerve to fully explain to their consumers at their press event they spent more time bragging about the hardware then they did explaining about the service they were now charging their customers.
This is simple business and I'm just flabbergasted that they did this looking at the event a third time I'm still in question of exactly why did they tell you it would be having a paid service yet neglect to tell you the specifics or even go and in-depth detail they need to ease the blow consumers need to see the benefit this is such a classic business model that I'm still not understanding the idiots that run this company.
It is simple as show me the benefits, do not tell me the cost.
You cannot tell a consumer that they should be paying for something and then continue to neglect to tell them the specifics of why they should care.
This is simple business 101.
The renting of games doesn't even make any sense when the competitors that are beating the living crap out of them are offering their consumers free games for god sakes PlayStation has been offering its consumers free games for years now this competition has made Microsoft to force their hand to compete with Sony which is only benefited its own consumers by allowing Xbox Gamers to get the same treatment.
Yet.... Nintendo is basically the slow one?
I just don't understand it and somebody from inside that company I swear is trying to destroy it because none of this makes any type of logical sense. After the Wii U and 3DS just performed significantly worse than their predecessors I don't understand the purpose behind not directly meeting your competitors in regards to features, do they seriously not understand there's a real reason behind people no longer purchasing their Hardware?
At this point it has nothing to do with Nintendo trying to be original, Nintendo is literally directly competing against their own damn customer's best interest.
It will be free in no time