![]() AFAIK worth of the video games market was about USD 80 billion in 2017 with still lots of potential for growth. To me it seems at least part of the problem is the sheer amount of money now in the sector. ![]() Not that this is any different in say the food sector though (/cough company with a birds nest in their logo). Behavior of "some" companies in the business lacks moral standards. Not that I mind - as long as those regulations are developed by people, who know what they are doing and are well executed. I think it's quite interesting, as the gaming industry - developing and publishing in particular - seems to be target of quite a lot of regulations as of late. I was not aware of those regulations in the EU. Well, at least they are used to community backlash by now Else we'll get the same shitshow EA/Bioware/Bethesda created with fallout and anthem. no point in getting a half finished game out on a date they kind of forced upon themselves. This doesn't apply to announcements and changing release dates, but once they start taking money (and they did), it works like that. It's actually very serious, otherwise they might face restrictions for future pre-orders in EU regions, possibly some fines as well. Not meeting that date means they would have to issue refunds to everyone. Because they launched pre-orders for money, and by law they have to set a release date within a year (that's why there is "expected to release no later than ").
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