Mike Ybarra - Tipping Game Creators $10 or $20 on Top of the $70 Price is a Great Idea.

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
"When I beat a game, there are some that just leave me in awe of how amazing the experience was. At the end of the game, I've often thought 'I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20 because it was worth more than my initial $70 and they didn't try to nickel and dime me every second.'"

As an example of such games, he mentioned Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and Elden Ring. "I know $70 is already a lot, but it's an option at the end of the game I wish I had at times. Some games are that special."

Ybarra was ready for his idea to be disliked, and he was partly right: I was surprised how many people actually agreed this was something to consider. Interestingly, Ybarra thinks this would be different from the toxic tipping trends the US has now: "I view this different from a pressure to tip type scenario many face and give feedback on."
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80 euros for the basic version, 20 more for the complete edition at launch that has all the content, another 20 for dlc/mtx and now yet another 20 for a tip. Thanks Mike!
 
This actually sounds like a good idea. I'd rather drop an extra $20 at the end of a really well crafted game by my choice than get nickel and dimed with half-assed battle passes, unfinished endgames, and pre order cosmetics. I don't want that crap, but I would love to reinforce that I enjoy a well crafted, finished game.

There were a few times with HD2 that I wished I could tip the developers. I could see this working with live service games that really lean into the live aspects.
 
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Do what Grim Dawn does, they have little supporter skin packs for like $7.99 or something. The problem is the negative perception of being "encouraged" to tip for something like this does more harm than good. It always makes it feel like there is a huge disconnect between the customer and the product/service when you get prompted to tip out of the blue.
 
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Maybe it's a good thing that this is an executive without a job at the moment.

What a creative genius. So much innovation.
 
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what if video game in the future, require you to pay some tips before you start the game?

Credit card setup will be compulsory requirement
 
Ahh, so MTX were just the tip for releasing an unfinished game that has a whole bunch of tech issues and then "maybe" patching it a year later.

Also, what a fucktard.
 
These folks will find anyway they can to make you part with every cent in your bank account. I hope gaming bombs at some point.

MTXs for no value digital goods, battle passes, ads, and now they want tips. This guy is a complete moron.

However, some people will grab those knee pads and throw money at them. It is only going to get worse as they figure more ways to get you to give them more funds.
 
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what if video game in the future, require you to pay some tips before you start the game?

Credit card setup will be compulsory requirement
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You will get Square check out form pop up when you first launch the game with 20% automatically selected, and 25% and 30% being the only other options. There will be a small tiny "Custom Tip" text toward the button of the screen.

I can see Take2 trying that, lol.

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Edit: Also, 😂😂😂 at anyone who thinks that money would go to actual developers.
 
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The reason why the industry is headed in the direction it is, is because of the attitude in this very thread.

When SP gamers are asked to spend more money they riot.

MP gamers like spending $20 dollars on a new skin.

Do not be confused as to why you're no longer being catered to SP gamers.
 
If the game is that special and u wanna tip ... buy liscensed Merchandising? Not that dufficult to come up with lol.

Even small games iften have the ost for a few bucks avaiable, in digital form ofc but u still support them, depending on the customrr its a plus because shelf space us already limited
 
If I'm playing a free to play game a lot I'll make sure to buy the battle pass or a skin or two to support it. But a full priced game seems a bit odd.
 
gothmog said:
This actually sounds like a good idea. I'd rather drop an extra $20 at the end of a really well crafted game by my choice than get nickel and dimed with half-assed battle passes, unfinished endgames, and pre order cosmetics. I don't want that crap, but I would love to reinforce that I enjoy a well crafted, finished game.

There were a few times with HD2 that I wished I could tip the developers. I could see this working with live service games that really lean into the live aspects.
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See this is why the industry says shit like this. People like you
 
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The reason why the industry is headed in the direction it is, is because of the attitude in this very thread.

When SP gamers are asked to spend more money they riot.

MP gamers like spending $20 dollars on a new skin.

Do not be confused as to why you're no longer being catered to SP gamers.
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Please can you explain what you mean?

Tears of the Kingdom sold 20m copies. If you average that at out at $70 a copy they've already made over $1.4b.

It was actually over 20m copies as of December 2023.

How much profit do you think these companies actually need?
 
Men_in_Boxes said:
The reason why the industry is headed in the direction it is, is because of the attitude in this very thread.

When SP gamers are asked to spend more money they riot.

MP gamers like spending $20 dollars on a new skin.

Do not be confused as to why you're no longer being catered to SP gamers.
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You must have missed the part where the majority of these sp games are coming from multi billion dollar companies. They don't need more money. Period.
 
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