{"id":47328,"date":"2024-04-15T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ex-blizzard-boss-suggests-players-should-be-able-to-tip-the-devs-of-special-games\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:00:05","slug":"ex-blizzard-boss-suggests-players-should-be-able-to-tip-the-devs-of-special-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ex-blizzard-boss-suggests-players-should-be-able-to-tip-the-devs-of-special-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Blizzard Boss Suggests Players Should Be Able to Tip the Devs of Special Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p>The former boss of Blizzard Entertainment has suggested a post-purchase tip feature that would let players give $10 or $20 extra to the developers of special games.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qwik\/status\/1778269707575119977\">tweeted<\/a> that he\u2019s often felt that upon completion of a particularly enjoyable single-player game, he\u2019d like to give more money to the developers \u201cbecause it was worth more than my initial $70 and they didn&#8217;t try to nickel and dime me every second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Games Ybarra mentioned that had sparked such a feeling include Guerrilla\u2019s Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony Santa Monica\u2019s God of War, Rockstar\u2019s Red Dead Redemption 2, Larian\u2019s Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, and FromSoftware\u2019s Elden Ring. \u201cI know $70 is already a lot, but it&#8217;s an option at the end of the game I wish I had at times,\u201d Ybarra continued. \u201cSome games are that special.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"image-with-caption\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2024\/04\/15\/gettyimages-1495019666-1713177670937.jpg\" data-image-title=\"Image credit: Photo by Michael Tullberg\/Getty Images.\" data-image-class=\"article-image-full-size\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2024\/04\/15\/gettyimages-1495019666-1713177670937.jpg\" data-caption=\"Image%20credit%3A%20Photo%20by%20Michael%20Tullberg%2FGetty%20Images.\"><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say the reaction to the suggestion is mixed, with many people saying they\u2019re already forking out plenty of money for video games. Others have pointed out that some game platforms, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/\"><u>itch.io<\/u><\/a>, already allow tips, and that small indie developers often use established platforms for donations.<\/p>\n<p>Many have also pointed out that any extra revenue generated through tips would invariably end up in the pockets of publishers, as opposed to the developers themselves, at least for the majority of triple-A releases. And if such a system were to hit the likes of Steam, the PlayStation Store, or the Xbox store, would Valve, Sony, and Microsoft all expect a cut?<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, others have backed the idea. Paul Kilduff-Taylor of Mode 7 Games <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mode7games\/status\/1779643445025333254\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cPeople have discovered various ingenious ways to be angry about this but adding a \u2018pay more if you want\u2019 option to major stores would straightforwardly be excellent for devs &#8211; it works very well on Bandcamp.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"poll\" data-id=\"b417a90a-bc6d-4954-9325-58ec732c0fd5\"><\/section>\n<p>Ybarra ended his post acknowledging that the tipping idea won\u2019t be for everyone. \u201cI know most will dislike this idea,\u201d he said. \u201cBTW, I realize we are tired of \u2018tipping\u2019 in everything else &#8211; but I view this different from a pressure to tip type scenario many face and give feedback on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video game industry is currently struggling amid one of the toughest periods for developers in recent memory, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ive-never-seen-it-this-bad-game-developers-explain-the-huge-layoffs-hitting-riot-epic-and-more\">with thousands of staff laid off and an ever-growing list of studios shut down<\/a>. This comes during a push for unionization across the industry as staff seek better protections from corporate cuts.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ex-blizzard-boss-suggests-players-should-be-able-to-tip-the-devs-of-special-games\">Go to Source (IGN.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former boss of Blizzard Entertainment has suggested a post-purchase tip feature that would let players give $10 or $20 extra to the developers of special games. Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra tweeted that he\u2019s often felt that upon completion of a particularly enjoyable single-player game, he\u2019d like to give more money to the developers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47329,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4,6],"tags":[735,424,1066,1278,2558,1592,115,15,13769,8442,622,18],"class_list":["post-47328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-new-releases","category-pc","tag-blizzard","tag-boss","tag-entertainment","tag-feature","tag-former","tag-give","tag-players","tag-playstation","tag-postpurchase","tag-suggested","tag-would","tag-xbox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Blizzard Boss Suggests Players Should Be Able to Tip the Devs of Special Games | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Ex-Blizzard Boss Suggests Players Should Be Able to Tip the Devs of Special Games for free, here on XtremeServers. 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