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GameStop CEO restricts his own kids from playing violent video games
“I let my kids play video games, doesn't benefit, unless they're playing, like, Mario Kart. But, you look at these, like, Call of Duty, they're killing each other. I want positive influences. I want things that are healthy.”
Ohanian: AAA video game franchises face diminishing returns on graphics
“Every new Call of Duty, every new Battlefield, like, The graphics get marginally better, but it's diminishing returns, right? Oh, the buildings are now 99% more destructible. That's cool, but it doesn't, it's not a huge step function.”
Coogan: Call of Duty resets aggressive monetization every annual release cycle
“So Call of Duty, the monetization, like, has ramped up a ton, but they reset the, like, the shittiness of the monetization every single cycle. So they're on annual cycle, essentially. Every year they come out with a new game, and every year you buy the game, a…”