There was a fascinating rant this morning. A lot of gibberish, so to distill to the core points...
- Phil is upset that the devs that made the Tony Hawk reboots were liquidated and absorbed by Activision/Blizzard
- Phil demanded to know what they had even done as a dev recently
- Overwatch, Phil said, and, very sarcastically, more World of Warcraft
- Phil ranted that they were coasting, turning out the same content for years, and coasting on a subscription model and microtransactions
- He said they were a terrible business that used microtransactions to prey on their customers who get addicted and can't stop
- Phil was angry that this business model exists and that people could keep giving a company like this money for exploiting them
Even if he is correct about Activision/Blizzard, don't construe that as being justified, because the idiot talking both uses and is an extreme whale for exactly these same practices.
Which brings us to the real noodle scratcher: is this Phil projecting, as he sits under a 912 sub count and rewardless Patreon for content that hasn't changed or improved in years, or, is he actually projecting his own anger at Scopely for preying on his severe addiction.
It's a real train wreck when it isn't clear which is the case.
