Why Is It So Easy To Break Videogame Economies?

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Support the channel on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on twitter!: https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Check out the Jingle Jam: https://jinglejam.tiltify.com/ There's something... off about videogame economics. Regardless of when the game was made, who by and what it's about - it's remarkably easy to crack a game's systems open and use them to find the optimal means of making money, even when that means doing things that aren't actually fun. Why is this? Why can't game designers simply make economies just as fair, balanced and well thought out as the real life economy? Well, that's a mystery The Architect has been studying for some time and it's, predictably, lead to even more questions. Between realms of the mind, post apocalypses and cities far beyond the stars, there's something strange going on with videogame economics, and the answer may just lie in our relationship with reality... You Saw: Yakuza 0 - 2015 Moonlighter - 2018 Final Fantasy 14 Doom Eternal - 2020 Persona 5 royal - 2019 Witcher 3 - 2015 Horizon Zero Dawn - 2017 pokemon scarlet and violet - 2022 Runescape - 2001 Dragon Quest 11 - 2017 Valheim - 2021 Forager - 2019 Minecraft - 2011 Diablo 2 - 2000 Starcraft 2 - 2010 Monster hunter world - 2018 Potionomics - 2022 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011 Enter The Gungeon - 2016 Civilization 6 - 2016 Borderlands 3 - 2016 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 2019 Offworld Trading Company - 2016 Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator - 2021 Mario Galaxy 2 - 2010 EVE: Online - 2003 Destiny 2 - 2017 Destiny - 2014 Death and Taxes - 2020 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 2017 The Long Dark - 2017 Resident Evil 4 - 2005 Fallout New Vegas - 2010 Perfect Heist 2 - 2021 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 2011 Untitled Goose Game - 2019 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D - 2011 The Binding of Issaac Rebirth - 2014 Super Mario World - 1990 Hunt: Showdown - 2018 Resident Evil 2 Remake - 2019 Deus Ex - 2000 Dishonored - 2012 Dishonored 2 - 2016 Bioshock - 2007 Signalis - 2022 Age of Empires 4 - 2021 Command and Conquer 3 Dune Spice Wars - Early Access Tooth and Tail - 2017 Steamworld Dig 2 - 2017 Yakuza 7 - 2020 Fallout 4 - 2015 Elden Ring - 2022 Wario Land: Shake It!- 2008 Deep Rock Galactic - 2020 Subnautica - 2017 Don't Starve - 2013 Rogue Legacy - 2013 Hades - 2020 Pokemon sword and shield - 2018 Recettear - 2007 Frostpunk - 2017 World of Warcraft - 2004 New World - 2021 Super Paper Mario - 2007 Watchdogs Legion - 2020 Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor - 2016 Citizen Sleeper - 2022 Hardspace Shipbreaker - 2022 Fifa 2023 There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 2020 Genshin Impact - 2020 Teardown - 2022 Rollerdrome - 2022