>>717944626
It's pretty simple. Most indies aren't creating games that are actually worth a damn. If an indie game comes out that SEEMS to be above average, then they're probably not actually a true indie, but are instead LARPing as one for the marketing and clout. The majority of indie success stories want you to believe that it was some dude who made his game all by himself in the off hours while working a shit day job, but the reality is that behind 99999/100000 indie game stories, there's more money, larger teams, prior established fanbases, and other factors that dilute the legitimacy of their claims to "indie". Usually by this point they're no better off structurally than your average AA/AAA dev outfit.
Plus, I do not WANT low-quality indie versions of things. Indies are making garbage because they lack the talent and resources to make high quality versions of things I want which are disappearing
So me supporting small, shitty creators doesn't advance their craft at all - it merely perpetuates an outpouring of continuous, lukewarm sludge.