Nope. The economics of the $60 price tag for what are now nine figure budgets are too risky, and the margins become too thin. Corporations exist to make money, yes, but if you aren’t making healthy margins to offset the titles that fail, you end up

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John Carmack @JohnCarmack · Dec 14, 2021

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This is a great thread on the economics of the game industry. It is a lot rougher and more precarious than it may look from a casual reading of some popular press articles.

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Nope. The economics of the $60 price tag for what are now nine figure budgets are too risky, and the margins become too thin. Corporations exist to make money, yes, but if you aren’t making healthy margins to offset the titles that fail, you end up

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