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$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" (www.eurogamer.net)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I do find it interesting...I don't think it addresses the problem, but it sounds like a great idea

Realistically, how much are companies going to pay out in royalties? As little as they can get away with

Let's say it's 2% of a game that made $100M - you're looking at tens of thousands each when it's all split up. Which is great, maybe even life changing for some of them, but it's not financial security kind of money

And then let's say the game flops or gets cancelled... Well that's not going to help much, so you can't really rely on it

So I think the idea is great, but it's still just fiddling with the knobs of capitalism