They use that trick to see which game interests people. That game ad you clicked on isn’t a real game, but might be if lots of people try to download it. It’s cheap to do an ad, expensive to make a game…
It’s amazing how fast the gaming industry went from “let’s make an even more incredible game” to dark patterns and shit like this.
I dunno’, with EA/Ubisoft et. al. going to 50 DLCs and never releasing a single unique idea EVER, I think it’s fair to say of everything but the indie space.
They use that trick to see which game interests people. That game ad you clicked on isn’t a real game, but might be if lots of people try to download it. It’s cheap to do an ad, expensive to make a game…
It’s amazing how fast the gaming industry went from “let’s make an even more incredible game” to dark patterns and shit like this.
I don’t think you can compare scam mobile game ads to the actual game development industry
I dunno’, with EA/Ubisoft et. al. going to 50 DLCs and never releasing a single unique idea EVER, I think it’s fair to say of everything but the indie space.
Going by revenue, that IS the actual mobile game development industry