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[adamsapple]

"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."

 

[ManaByte]

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Fuck off Mike

 

[Pop]

So buy the dlc of a game...

 

[Deerock71]

The only reason I tip my waiter or waitress is so they don't spit in my food. Fuck off.

 

[King Dazzar]

How about the publishers tip us $10 or $20 when their game releases too early.

 

[Skifi28]

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!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Imagine being an industry veteran who supposedly has insight into game development and its economics, yet coming out with a dumbass idea.

 

[FunkMiller]

Get fucked

 

[protonion]

I tip only strippers, sorry.

 

[nemiroff]

Tip for Horizon Zero Dawn..?

Anyway, why would I tip a multi-billion dollar dev? Makes no sense.

*buys a 30 dollar COD skin*

 

[adamsapple]

I tip only strippers, sorry.

Shake it, baby.

 

[djjinx2]

The only I tip my waiter or waitress is so they don't spit in my food. Fuck off.

They still spit in your food anyway

 

[Topher]

They still spit in your food anyway

 

[Fart Knight]

Im Dutch. I don't tip.

 

[gothmog]

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.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

 

[kikkis]

Couple day early access and some cosmetics is much better idea than this

 

[Kings Field]

These western devs are really becoming the epitome of trash.

 

[adamsapple]

Ever wondered how fresh your sandwich breads are?

Subway ‘sandwich artists’ fired over nauseating photos posted online | CNN

Two employees at a Subway in Ohio have been fired, the company says, after photos surfaced online of genitals on a loaf of bread and allegedly frozen urine.

www.cnn.com

One shows a male putting his genitals on what appears to be a loaf of Subway bread. In the other, a hand is shown holding what used to be a water bottle that’s half-filled with a cream-colored substance. Under it is the caption: “Today at work I froze my pee.”

 

[Bry0]

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.

 

[Topher]

Ever wondered

no

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Please donate the the multi million/billion dollar companies patreon. Suck it Mike

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[GHG]

Maybe it's a good thing that this is an executive without a job at the moment.

What a creative genius. So much innovation.

 

[Mr Moose]

Tipping culture in the US has gone too far.

Ever wondered how fresh your sandwich breads are?

Subway ‘sandwich artists’ fired over nauseating photos posted online | CNN

Two employees at a Subway in Ohio have been fired, the company says, after photos surfaced online of genitals on a loaf of bread and allegedly frozen urine.

www.cnn.com

I thought that mayonnaise tasted funny.

 

[kanjobazooie]

How about you tip me for playing your boring ass games?

 

[intbal]

I don't even buy games until they're on clearance for $4.99.

 

[Robb]

'I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20 because it was worth more than my initial $70.'"

 

[SJRB]

 

[LordCBH]

Are game devs working for fucking minimum wage now? Fuck off, Mike.

 

[Kilau]

This shit about to pop up as we play our games…

 

[OmegaSupreme]

This shit about to pop up as we play our games…

Along with ads throughout

 

[lh032]

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

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Here is tip for you Mike: eat a greasy dick.

 

[StereoVsn]

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.

 

[Tajaz2426]

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.

 

[StereoVsn]

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

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.

Edit: Also, at anyone who thinks that money would go to actual developers.

 

[Lord Panda]

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

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.

 

[RoadHazard]

People should be paid what they're worth by their employer. Fuck tipping in general.

 

[Akuji]

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

 

[realcool]

here's a counterpoint: give me extra content for free.

 

[Rockman33]

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.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

F**k everything about tip culture. It's gone off the rails.

 

[Pop]

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.

See this is why the industry says shit like this. People like you

 

[Banjo64]

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.

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?

 

[YeulEmeralda]

American tipping style? As in you HAVE to tip or we will call the police?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

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.

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.