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> Piracy (no need to put it in quotes) is 100% to blame.

I think you mean corporate greed. It's true that pirates fight against corporate greed, but let's not pretend these companies are short on money to make good games.

Have you looked at the margin of game studios? A bad launch could shut them down seemingly overnight.

Activision Blizzard, the one that makes Diablo, has a yearly net revenue of 8 billion $. They are getting bought out by Microsoft. I don't think they're running out of $$$ anytime soon.

They also do exactly what was being talked about in the comment I replied to. Do you think their refine would be that high if they didn’t? Blizzard is also far from the only game studio in the world. Look into how the Cyberpunk launch hurt that established studio.

So it’s just happenstance than online gambling mode happens to have a huge profit margin?

But you’re talking a completely different genre and type of game. That’s an unfair comparison.

Oh the poor corporate lootbox peddlers!