Chatted with a game dev last night.

They said, “when working on the business of a free to play game, it’s helpful to sometimes view yourselves at war with your players. They have your money in their pockets and you need to figure out a way to get them to give it to you.”

Definitely a different framing.

I’ve talked to many game devs, as I’m one myself, but I’ve never heard anyone have a toxic attitude like that. Almost everyone in this industry is in it because they are passionate about games. 

But I do agree that the fierce competition has made things more predatory. Players deserve better and Web3 enables it

Serial entrepreneur & game developer at Tribo Games

Yeah I had never heard someone with this perspective which is why this quote really gripped me from yesterday.

Agree that competition is more intense, but I’d rather build something out of passion/care than just focusing on extracting.

I’m glad most game devs don’t view things this way