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Meier thinks that when it comes to stuff like this, some studios can't see past the dollar signs to the game they're making. "People can assume that a game is going to be fun and what it needs for success are more cinematics or monetisation or whatever—but if the core just is not there with good gameplay POE currency trade , then it won't work.

"In a sense gameplay is cheap... The game design part is critical and crucial but doesn't require a cast of thousands in the way some of the other aspects do. So it's perhaps easy to overlook how important the investment in game design and gameplay is."


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Meier himself infamously has his own private engine, still based on his Civilization code, which he uses to prototype game concepts and show to Firaxis designers. Which is not to suggest he should be overly credited with Firaxis's games, which over the years have had hundreds of other peoples' talents involved, more that it suggests someone who's never lost focus on what matters about a game. Is the idea, in its most basic form, fun to play?

That's perhaps the element that risks getting lost when the focus is on microtransactions or digital ownership via the blockchain, and consumer apathy (and active dislike!) towards these technologies comes from the fact that no-one's made a compelling example of how these things can make games more fun in themselves.

The games industry is bigger than it's ever been: but that doesn't mean it's immune to trends, or chasing after faddy pots of gold. "There are lots of other ways that people can spend their leisure time..." warns Meier. "I think the way the internet works, once a shift starts to happen, then everybody runs to that side of the ship."

"I think we need to be sure that our games continue to be high quality and fun to play—there are so many forms of entertainment out there now. We're in a good position... but we need to be sure we realise how critical gameplay is—and how that is the engine that really keeps players happy, engaged and having fun buy Path of exile currency ."