I dag kan mange store spillanceringer nærmest føles som shoppingcentre i stedet for et designet stykke underholdning, som forbrugeren har købt til fuld pris. Hvorimod du sagtens kan finde dem der forsvarer denne tilgang, så er udviklerveteranen Sid Meier virkelig ikke i blandt dem.
I et interview med BBC siger manden der stod bag Civilization-series, og har grundlagt Firaxis, at udgivere fokusere for meget på monetarisering, og for lidt på bare at lave gode spil.
"People can assume that a game is going to be fun and what it needs for success are more cinematics or monetization or whatever - but if the core just is not there with good gameplay, then it won't work."
"I think we need to be sure that our games continue to be high quality and fun to play — there are so many forms of entertainment out there now. There are lots of other ways that people can spend their leisure time... I think the way the internet works, once a shift starts to happen, then everybody runs to that side of the ship."
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