If you hadn't noticed, these 5 disturbing trends prove we're in the dark age of PC gaming
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Do you feel PC gaming is getting darker, more broken, and devoid of hope every year? You might not be alone.
  • sylver_dragonEnglish
    33•11 months ago

    Title needs to be “AAA Gaming is getting worse every year”.
    I’m getting tons of fun out of smaller games.

    The problem with AAA games is that we are going through a period of consolidation and contraction. This is just a normal business cycle and we’ll be back to companies throwing money at games in a few years. I’m reminded of an old comic (I think Far Side in the 90’s, but I can’t find it at the moment) which has a class staring at a black board with the following:

    Business Strategy 101:

    1. Convince Microsoft you are a threat
    2. Accept their buyout offer

    This has all happened before and it will all happen again. I doubt we’re staring down another video game crash like the 80’s, but things may slow down for a bit and we may go through a period of the major studios putting out more shovelware. Eventually, the economic situation will rebound and so will AAA games.

    • @Paradachshund@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6•11 months ago

      I think it’s more likely that a new batch of AA studios take the crown of leading the industry. All the mega corporate publicly owned old guard will continue to cannibalize themselves into irrelevance.