[copywrong2]

Yeah many industries like:

- Big Corps that buy IP

- Patent Trolls

- Companies that fuck over artists

[freejazz]

Why would anyone make video games if they couldn't make money from selling them?

[account42]

Video games would actually be better of if the profit incentive was removed. Modern high-budget video games have become indistinguishable from slot machines that are optimized by literal psychologists to get you to waste as much of your money (and time) as possible without providing any meaningful experience. I'd rather see much fewer games created if what remains are games focused on having artistic and/or educational value rather than investment opportunities for wall street.

[sham1]

Out of passion for the art. See also: free (libre) software video games released and distributed for free (gratis).

Of course, money is a huge motivator, but so is self-expression.