• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    They fund game development where the studio can’t afford to, and advertising which makes the difference between being an overnight success, and disappearing onto page 37 of an app store where it will never be seen again.

    Like, sure, you don’t need them, but the big indie games who made it without them are the exception to the rule.

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      6 months ago

      There’s no rule. Those games that disappeared in your app store disappeared because they suck and went into an app store.

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        6 months ago

        There are plenty of great games you will literally never hear about.

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            6 months ago

            Right, “oh well” is all you can say about that. Which is why publishers are useful to many games.

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              6 months ago

              I personally promoted a subreddit to 8.5m subscribers. If you can’t do that with some kind of actual value in hand, you kinda suck. Stuff that’s good will definitely make the rounds.

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                6 months ago

                Sure. Because you were able to find success, that means everyone should also be able to do it, no matter how different their circumstances are (like the fact that a game genre may be more niche, or that you actually have to pay for games).

                You seem like the type that unironically tells people to just pull themselves up by their bootstraps.