What is your favourite of those I didn't mention? Maybe I'll read it next!
terminateprocess
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It has a single DLC, IIRC. I don't know about the mobile game, but I'm thinking more along the lines of a Paradox game with hundreds worth of DLC, or Sims 4 with thousands, or GTA 5 with a pay to win currency system. I could be wrong, but it seems like Nintendo would be ignoring a golden goose.
If I can offer a counterpoint, AC isn't generating revenue from microtransactions and DLC. I predict Nintendo's launch title will be positioned to generate revenue over the entire life cycle of the console.
I found it when I was reading a lot of Philip Dick and it made me explore other popular sf authors and read some of her other novels. She was one of the greatest. There are so few authors in SF that one could recommend without hesitation.
I second these and add The Lathe of Heaven. Also, her short stories! The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas especially.
I should have marked this NSFW but it is blurred out and was shown in cable in 1994.
There's a guy with this stuff all over his van that parks it at the staples, it's wild
I don't know. That was a long time ago.
When I was a young man, I worked in the call center of a telecommunications giant. We provided customer support for television, including some technical assistance like helping an elder find the source button on their remote. We had strict QoS rules, and my supervisor told us that this was mandated by the CRTC. We answered most phone calls within 30s, and a hold time over 2m was an emergency. We had screens all over the office where we could watch our queue and, although it was extremely rarely used, a system of overflow call centres to switch on to in the case of a truly wicked rush.
That all went out the window. Now, the job consists of trying to end the call as soon as possible because the new metric is not how long your customer waited to speak to you, but how much of the company's money they burned wasting its time with their question.
You know why
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Please suggest my next read!