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60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows (kotaku.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This data will probably only lead to more live service games. :|

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Hopefully it will inspire the game industry to finally start releasing some new good triple A games again, instead of milking existing franchises with half baked content, subscriptions and micro payments..

We vote with our wallet,
and currently we're voting well with not buying into the crap they often pump out lately, and the statistics reflect that.

Not saying all new games are bad though, I'm thoroughly enjoying Horizon Forbidden West on PC lately.

But to me it does feel like the game industry has been dwindeling the past few years.

I assume due to venture capitalists who are not really passionate about creating good content, but more about turning a quick profit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you want to support what you're talking about, Helldivers 2 is doing live service right. Take a look.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately, playtime does not equal profit and I'm pretty sure these half-baked, micro-transaction riddled games are way more profitable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Hopefully it will inspire the game industry to finally start releasing some new good triple A games again, instead of milking existing franchises with half baked content, subscriptions and micro payments…

I'm afraid it will inspired them to release more half-assed remasters. I hope I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You mean quadruple A games?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

AAA is such a joke. It should be tied to quality, but instead it's just tied to monetary input into the game - which of course doesn't equal quality.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I assume due to venture capitalists who are not really passionate about creating good content, but more about turning a quick profit.

Remember, it’s not just good enough that the line goes up. The line must also go up at a faster rate than previous months at all times or you’re a failure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I mean even games are kind of programming us to think about things that way too. Think of any tycoon-type game for instance.