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  • They are one of very few studios who update their games for years after release. Games make the biggest chunk of lifetime revenue at release. Unless you are a unicorn and have low development costs (Minecraft, Terraria, factorio), you will simply go bankrupt updating your game for free. See the rise of industry dude, made 4 million and now lost his house. Why? He kept funding development for four years without any revenue. Everyone who wanted the game bought it in the first year.

    If you want to keep updating your game for more than a couple of months you need cashflow. You have the choice of micro transactions, subscriptions or dlc. You need to do this or go bankrupt.

    Paradox gives free content updates along every DLC. I really fail to see how that is bad. The alternative would be to simply release the game, patch it for a couple months, then start working on the next game, like every other game studio. But people would hate that to. You can really do nothing in the games industry without people hating on you.








  • These are the official diagnostic criteria, which helped to open my eyes and stop drinking:

    • Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended.
    • There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control alcohol use.
    • A great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain, use, or recover from the effects of alcohol.
    • Craving, or a strong desire or urge to use alcohol.
    • Recurrent alcohol use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home.
    • Continued alcohol use despite having persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems caused or exacerbated by the effects of alcohol.
    • Important social, occupational, or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of alcohol use.
    • Recurrent alcohol use in situations in which it is physically hazardous.
    • Alcohol use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by alcohol.
    • Tolerance, as defined by either a need for markedly increased amounts of alcohol to achieve intoxication or desired effect, or a markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount.
    • Withdrawal, as manifested by either characteristic withdrawal syndrome for alcohol or alcohol (or a closely related substance) is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms.

    In a 12 month period:

    • 2 - 4 criteria met: mild
    • 4 - 5: moderate
    • 6+: severe