My parents cared about the BBB's opinion.  I never have.  It's the equivalent of seeing a bullshit seal on a website stating "This site is protected from hackers by <product>."   

One thing to know about consumer psychology: More options tend to overload consumers, with they outcome they are less likely purchase -- aka analysis paralysis.  Read up on the jam experiment: https://medium.com/@FlorentGeerts/the-jam-experiment-how-choice-overloads-makes-
consumers-buy-less-d610f8c37b9b. I can tell you from an enterprise perspective: My customers don't want more than three options: Good, Better, Best.  Or in DDO parlance: Cheap, Upsell and Whale.

Asheras wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2019 at 6:43pm:

As long as the story is written by someone other than SSG.  They adapted existing Ravenloft and White Plume Mountain content well. The Sharn story (which they wrote) is mediocre but executed well through the quest arc.

Carpone wrote on Sep 9^th, 2019 at 1:38pm:


With TV, these days, there is way to much choice and options.  Hence people self limit.  They will pick a few distribution paths and watch what is available there.   For my kids it is mostly Netflix and Youtube.   We have Amazon, Hulu, DC Universe, CBS All Access, traditional cable and a few others as well, but they basically ignore anything that isn't on one of their few "go to" channels.   But they will dive deep into those for content.   

It is part of why Amazon Prime is such a smart play.   By bundling free shipping with content, Amazon checks more boxes than any other online retailer or media distributor.   Hence they have more opportunities to make the "short list".   You can buy the same item online from thousands of sources, but how long does anyone search for the best price?   Most people pick 2-3 sites to check and then move on.   And working with rando internet sellers can be risky.   Amazon, with free shipping and high trust factor and access to good TV content and movie rental and purchase libraries is hard to beat.

Darcat wrote on Sep 13^th, 2019 at 2:42am:


Really?

"Executive Producer", though I'm sure most of vault would love to create a new title.

His motherboard profile:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/member.php/533851-Severlin

March 6th, 2019 interview:
http://ddoplayers.com/2019/03/06/executive-producer-severlin-interview/

You can see his posts on motherboards:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/503681-A-Look-Ahead-2019-Producer-s-Le...

Meursault wrote on Sep 13^th, 2019 at 7:41am:

That's the culture of the video game industry.  Read up about Telltale's layoffs.  Constant overwork and 100+ hour "crunch time" weeks are no insurance to keep your job.

Carpone wrote on Sep 13^th, 2019 at 7:49am:

Yeah, I've been following that, Ars Technica mentioned a lawsuit because they didn't give the advanced notice required by law. The video game industry could be in serious trouble soon, that kind of shit while the big houses are raking in bucks hand over fist builds a lot of resentment. Unionizing workers, laws limiting loot boxes, etc. could be a lot more drastic than just being a bit nicer now.

Meursault wrote on Sep 13^th, 2019 at 5:26pm:


As someone in the industry I'm more afraid of what these shitshows are going to cause on the creativity side of things.

Censorship in gaming hasn't really been that big as of late, but when there's attention on stuff like Lootboxes being in Kids games. You know it's only a matter of time before the argument moves to the content itself.

The ESRB is a joke, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw it dissolved for an even more stringent system. Or god forbid, things like "violent games" being censored or outright prevented from releasing.