do you think devs care about people playing their games

[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

or do they just want money

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

money.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Most of them, more than likely, are just in it for the money.

[Basho]

i bit of both i'd wager.

at one extreme: why put out a free game and interact with feedback otherwise?

but at the other extreme: if you are referring to AAA executives then its definitely the money.

[Alby]

sometimes the devs just straight up stEAl from you

[qb]

devs care about people playing their games
because they just want money

retrospectively if i bought all my games at launch full price it would defietenly feel like a ripoff for me.

[qb]

btw it still feels a bit like a ripoff since most games i never really played, if i could retroactively redistribute money spend based on time played it would makes more sense cause most devs are underpaid really. we pay for a "package" and often than package is just a "book cover" we liked. whereas many game we play are free or cheap sale events.

[Hairy Hands Harry]

Depends on which ones you are talking about. "The devs" are the CEO down to the summer apprentice. Nothing is ever as simple as you question makes it sound like.

[White Knight]

Some might?

From what I can tell, they seem to have terrible attitudes and complain about "end-users" incessantly. That's based on past conversations I've had with various devs in here, back when they identified themselves and participated in threads.

There's also an old joke about "You thought you'd be getting paid to play video games, and instead it's just another crappy job". I suspect there's a lot of truth to that.

Are bus drivers happy? How about servers and cooks? Meter-maids? You?

[REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY]

Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

money.

i think its so weird to think people make a game just to make money off of it. i think money as a bones if i made a game i would rather have as many people experience and play my game than care about the money first

[NW/RL]

Depends. Some devs are greedy and only want money, while others make a game they want to and monetize it so they can keep making it. If all devs only wanted money, free indie games that are incredibly trippy experiences wouldn't exist

[qb]

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

money.

i think its so weird to think people make a game just to make money off of it. i think money as a bones if i made a game i would rather have as many people experience and play my game than care about the money first

they get money first to make a game from sponsors or investors, and than sales money is a bonus since many games never make a profit.

[Irene ❤]

Well if you're a developer, you play your games and never make money, the boss will ask you to go home

[sleeps]

both. this is less of a game making but more of game publishing. technically, you are part of business and you have to make money somehow, even if you are just a developer who develops games

[Tiberius]

They care abt people who give them money

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

do you think devs care about people playing their games

or do they just want money

I think some developers care about their game...

I think some developers care about the money...

But

I think more people think "since i told the developers how to make their game "better" ( like they somehow know more then the developers does ) and they didn't take ~my~ advice so they don't like their game..."

Or

I think more people think "because the developer wants money they don't care about their game they're just in it for the money it should be free ( or at least cheap )"

And

I think more people think "because the developer made it "too hard" / "too grind" they don't like the players and their game they want the players to "suffer" because every game should be on their level of "what ~I~ consider fun"

All in all... I think more players are entitled and narcissistic and demand too much of the developers.. and if it doesn't meet ~their~ requirements "it's the developer's fault" because they can't believe they're in the wrong.