I’ll bite. I hate billionaires. Let’s check this out.
Things that hurt indie devs in this article:
- Lack of available talent
- Burnout
- Lack of upfront funding (before a game is ever released)
- Generally bad economy post COVID
- Actual predatory exclusive tactics from epic or gamepad
- The nebulous idea that the entire industry and fans need a culture change
Things not cited in this article as a problem:
- Steam in any capacity. Directly or implied
Astro bot and balatro make sense. I hope balatro wins.
Black myth is Chinese propaganda or psyOp. Has to be. People did not seem to care for this game?
Erd is dlc which is BS. It will probably win cus these games are cult status.
FF7 is weird. 1 part of many in a remake. People seemed pretty mid about it?
Metaphor felt weird in the demo. These also reach cult status. I could see this winning though with the added recency bias.