Factorio considered older?
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Helldivers 2 came out in 2024
By definition, that's last year, so it's an old game.
Bwuh?
People are reading the headline and assuming they're talking about older single-purchase games, but the article is actually referring to mostly MTX-driven games that get continuous updates.
And the data further shows, in Newzoo's own words, that these 908 million "PC players are heavily skewed towards older, live service games."
Remember that even things like Rocket League are about a decade old at this point, and games like LoL, Dota 2 and CS:GO are even older
Because we have a giant backlog of steam sales.
Most new AAA games suck, that's why. I miss when games were made with passion rather than for a quick soulless cashgrab.
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What about new games, like world of warcraft.
I do not. I haven't played a gamer older than thirty years old in years
if you mean i do spend my time playing nes and snes via emulator, you are right
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JOINED, any more ways to find sublemmings idk what are these called lol
[email protected] is a great place to discover new communities. As for big ones that already exist I’m sure there’s probably a list of big communities out there somewhere, otherwise browsing by All > Top 6 Hours or All > Hot will give you a good mix of everything. Then you can add communities you like from there
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That reminds me— I gotta do another Fallout: New Vegas run.
Are you familiar with the A Tale of Two Worlds mod, which inserts Fallout 3 into Fallout: New Vegas to make them one giant game? If not, it's a way to add some new life to the thing.
Yes, actually that was my intended next run! I just gotta remember how to set up everything.
I don't even know what the newest game I even own is... Helldivers 2? Except for Elden Ring and it's DLC, I haven't bought anything close to release for years. HD2 came out last year and I bought it last week.
Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring are the last 2 AAA games I bought close to launch for full price. Other than that, I picked up Hades 2 in early access. The rest of my library is all stuff that I bought on sale.
I do have Monster Hunter and Avowed on my wishlist but I think I'm going to be patient. If I do pull the trigger, it would probably be for Avowed because I want more Obsidian games. On a related note Grounded is $20 on Steam right now so I stopped that up even though I beat it back when I had Game Pass.
BG3 isn't an AAA title. Larian is an indie studio.
Based on the size of the company and the budget for the game I'd at least call it a AA game. My real point is I paid full price for it and have absolutely no regrets.
Huh, I thought of them as AA. I get indie means independent which they are, but they're a studio with multiple successful releases even before bg3.
Yeah, I've lost track myself. I just follow feeds that alert of me free deals.
I actually learned that I can't even sort my Steam library by release date because of this thread. Otherwise I would actually know lol
I'm playing Fallout 4 right now. It's not the only game I play by any means. Too many new games are overly focused on graphics or monetization. I'm always trying new games and the better ones often don't have the best graphics. We want 2010 gameplay. Hell, I'll still play Unreal Tournament 1999 GOTY edition, but older games usually need resolution and texture upgrade mods. Fortunately a lot of great old games actually get them.
launches Baldur's Gate.exe ♪♫ "Brave, brave Sir Garrick, Sir Garrick led the way. Brave, brave Sir Garrick, Sir Garrick ran away." ♪♫
I find it kind of funny how games are becoming more mainstream, but every once in a while I still meet people that are like "games are a waste of time". But then again I guess people said that about movies and tv and still do sometimes.
Also I've been playing guild wars 2 again. Base game is like 10 years old but it's still fun
I think the people who often say this feel some personal guilt for how much time they feel they’ve wasted instead of doing whatever it is in life they have yet to achieve. It’s a matter of perspective.