I know actual game developers who released their games for free or under a pay-what-you-want model. They refuse to do so again because they can’t support themselves by doing it. I am a game developer and I won’t release my games for free because I need to support myself. There is all the data you need.
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this is rich coming from someone who is moving the goal posts.
the plural of “anecdote” is not “data”
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your insistence on relevance is giving the lie to your denial about moving the goalposts.