Raph Koster on Nostr: "Incredible. If the difference is on the order of $100 million per game, then surely ...

"Incredible. If the difference is on the order of $100 million per game, then surely there should be a market for games that forego the best graphics and focus on being excellent in other ways. Like, you know, the game?"

What people tend to overlook is that spend on high end graphics IS spend on marketing.

So is an established IP (and its associated overhead either in licensing fees or years of work establishing it).

These are things that buy eyeballs.

Eyeballs are needed.