Games also sell at a much higher volume than they did back then.

Wages have also not kept up with inflation, which is why games at over 100$ would be out of reach as a casual hobby for most.

Guess they ran their brand too far into the ground. Now they gotta dig up another

Buying real estate.

Many people are not informed for how this stuff works. They see an open world racing game they can play with friends and don't understand what's needed to make that happen.

The whole point is that a bunch of people don't have the technical skills to figure out FOSS. Sure, sometimes the ux is just as good as the main competitor, but in my experience, usually it isnt and has a decent learning curve

Feel free to provide one. He seems to me to be a lunatic

He's one dude.

And the Canadians. Our right wing is cutting Healthcare budgets and saying the reason there are long wait times is because it needs to be privatized.

Sad thing is it's working.

Honestly, number 3 is the only thing that would have marginal impact. Consumers don't have the time and energy to research every product to the depth required foe the first two.

I would imagine all the billionaires have done something good at least once.

You've also missed all the hype about the lack of microtransactions. That one is pretty big.

And the bear sex. Although you'd think a sub bullet of point 2, I think its less horniness and more absurdity and "you can do anything".

It's the modern equivalent of "see that mountain? You can go there."

"See that bear? You can fuck it"

But how can we make saving the planet a profitable business venture? -the west