Spilbranchen er kendt for at forsøge at hive flere penge ud af hver forbruger via en række initiativer, der bredt anses for at være forbrugerfjendtlige. Om det er tiden med Online Passes, Loot Boxes eller Games as Service-elementer - det handler om at forøge profitten per spiller, og ifølge den legendariske spilskaber Shigeru Miyamoto, så handler det om grådighed.
For nylig talte Miyamoto ved Computer Entertainment Developers Conference i Yokohama (via Bloomberg), og her opfordrede han sine kolleger i branchen til ikke at lade grådighed dominere beslutningerne, men at respektere forbrugerne.
Miyamoto ønsker også at udforske abonnementer og free-to-play, men dette skal gøres på en måde der respekterer forbrugeren og softwaren.
"We're lucky to have such a giant market, so our thinking is, if we can deliver games at reasonable prices to as many people as possible, we will see big profits. I can't say that our fixed-cost model has really been a success. But we're going to continue pushing it forward until it becomes entrenched. That way everyone can develop games in a comfortable environment. By focusing on bringing games to the widest range of people possible, we can continue boosting our mobile game business."
