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[–] grue@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The predatory games succeed because they have huge marketing budgets and casuals don't have the skills/motivation/etc. to actively seek out the good games instead.

Getting into the industry as a dev does not help with this problem.

[–] match@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

... the lightning struck. If you're looking for some greater pattern there... flappy bird is from a different time. Anything you could've learned from it is no longer relevant.