As players, you may occasionally think that a certain excellent game is worth the money.In this case, will you be interested in the option of "reward developers"? For example, implement this function through the Steam platform.Michael Daws, distribution director of Larion Studios (Bad Gate 3, God Realm series), supports this idea, saying he is happy to pay extra for his favorite game developers and on social platform XShared views on this.
"Sometimes I stumble upon an indie game that makes me obsessed with (maybe from a team of any size, but it's usually an indie game for me). For example, this recent work priced at 8 euros, I want to give the developers a try.Reward 30 euros because the game is so fucking good. What puzzles me is that this kind of support cannot be achieved through Steam. I am not arguing that everyone should pay more than the price, but this piece deserves more than I voluntarily"—the distribution director of Larion Studios argued that although there may be reasonable reasons why Steam has not enabled this feature at the moment, this option should exist.
Daws, who often speaks about the gaming industry, knows that his remarks may cause controversy.But he stressed that this approach was entirely voluntary and proposed an alternative: launching crowdfunding through Kickstarter or seeking support in Patreon, but running these platforms requires extra effort.He himself prefers to buy games as gifts to others to promote creators.Judging from the feedback in the comment area, many players are already expressing support in this way.Daus deliberately avoided the word "tip", believing that this could not accurately convey his original intention.
"...I want to say that when players love a certain piece of work from the bottom of their hearts, they should have the opportunity to express, 'You are great, please accept this extra thought'. This is not a reward for 'quality service'.Instead, I hope the studio can continue to create more masterpieces. But once again, this is a completely personal choice—as stated in my previous tweet.”
This is not the first time that the discussion about "reward game developers".Last year, Mike Ibara, former CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, proposed similar ideas, but his focus was not on independent teams, but on developers of 3A masterpieces such as "Red Dead Redemption 2" and "Eldon Fargo".The proposal did not receive a warm response in the player community at that time.
