Support Indie Development: Feature Creep Episode 30 By Tarmack

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Published on November 30, 2012 3:44:58 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1lpgg1dok

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In the last 10 years there has been a remarkable shift from physical product to digital product. And inherent in that shift was an overwhelming desire to protect the product. So much so that customers were being punished for not pirating software. Their punishment was and still is to get an inferior product as a reward for buying the game. I consider a product with limited installs, DRM, online authentication, the proliferation of DLC and the whole idea of games as a service rather than product. To be fair, DLC is a bit dual purpose in that it forces online checks of authenticity as well as providing an additional income source.