Industry representatives believe that players are gradually beginning to lose interest in such a monetization scheme
In the period from February to March of this year, through the efforts of the Game Developer Collective, a study was conducted in which 600 developers took part. 70% of respondents expressed concern about the future of service games.
39% of game developers “moderately concerned about the sustainability of service games “, and 31% are “extremely concerned” about the state of this monetization scheme.
63% of respondents believe that The gaming community is losing interest in such projects, with 62% of respondents citing high competition in the market as a cause for concern.
Almost half of those surveyed are worried about the growing cost of commercial promotion of game services, but only 12% of developers are afraid of losing investor interest.
The study's authors also noted that 30% of developers are planning paid add-ons for their future releases versus 21% for their previous projects.
(news cover source: WB Games)