This proves the market is over saturated, which is also the driver of layoffs due to poor sales. Supply and demand!
hot_dog23
If you think about it, it’s absolutely insane
Panzerkampfwagen1988
Slop and junk food have always been the most popular.
junker359
Pareto principle
saltminer99
Like I get it
I too like to turn off my brain and just for hour or so play multiplier games with friends
But I cannot play them all the time
This shit will become like second job if you play them all the time and it’s really unhealthy because all these games have fomo mechanics to keep you playing and that causes alot of stress and anger issues too
I already sunk my fair share into these life services games
So now unless I’m playing with friends I at most play them for half hour or so on my own
1031Cat
This isn’t new. It’s been this way since the Atari days. The entire industry is poised to push out many games to get people to buy them but there isn’t enough time to play all the games they bought.
The backlog is born.
I forced myself to buy games only if I intended to play them after seeing my GCN library had so many games I never played.
Being the super genius I thought I was, the plan was working out nicely during the XBox 360 era, then it happened. Game prices tanked in the used market.
I still can’t walk past a ridiculously good sale price. I picked up big titles for as little as $5, such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Never played it, but I have it.
So what am I playing now? Tears of the Kingdom.
I just love being a statistic. /s
Better_than_GOT_S8
Just 66? Is it just me, but doesn’t that seem like a reasonable number to cover 80% of the playtime?
GodzillaUK
Well yeah, there are too many games released every year, so only the ‘cream’ rises to the top. When something gets popular, people share it. When something is unknown, nobody cares.
Sabbathius
Honestly, there’s a lot that goes into this.
For starters, it’s just not worth it to buy new games these days. They almost always come out seriously messed up. Look at Diablo 4, mentioned in the article as a lamented 8% of new games being played. The launch last June was a shitshow. The game is still a complete mess. The loot overhaul, one of many this game will need, will not even happen until mid-May, still a month and a half away from now, almost a year since launch. And it won’t even fix all that needs fixing. It’s A fix, not THE fix. Same with Starfield, we’re 7 months past launch, with lukewarm bug fixes, NO modding tools, NO DLC (which they sold with the pre-order), no Survival Mode (which Fallout 4 got within 6 months of its launch, along with modding tools). So why buy and play these new games, when they’re still busted a year later. Also, Diablo 4 went on sale like 3-4 months after launch, like 40% off if not more. So, again, why buy at launch? Give it three months and save nearly half, on a game that’s broken and won’t be fixed for at least a year.
See? Doesn’t pay to buy new, literally and figuratively. If you buy at launch, you’re paying the highest amount of money possible, for the worst condition the game is ever going to be in. As time goes on, condition usually improves, while the price usually goes down. So why buy and play on release? I have a strong tendency to wait about 18 months for the games to be finished before buying.
If the games launched complete, mechanically functional and bug-free, of course I’d buy at launch. But that’s not the case. Vast majority these days launch broken, incomplete and buggy as hell.
Sensitive_Pay2990
i totally believe this, games nowadays are live service failures, cash grabs or unfinished potential. why spent hours playing something that doesn’t have anything to entertain you when you’ve got a bunch of great games that are constantly being reworked and updated to thrive in todays market.
plus, no games that have come out in the last 5 years? have much replay value. play it once and that’s everything. what happened to games like skyrim and rdr2, or even the old assassins creed games, that had you playing a different way each time you played.
SeveralBollocks_67
Meanwhile my gaming list is like, 3 games ever. CS2, CS2 and Minecraft 😆
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This proves the market is over saturated, which is also the driver of layoffs due to poor sales. Supply and demand!
If you think about it, it’s absolutely insane
Slop and junk food have always been the most popular.
Pareto principle
Like I get it
I too like to turn off my brain and just for hour or so play multiplier games with friends
But I cannot play them all the time
This shit will become like second job if you play them all the time and it’s really unhealthy because all these games have fomo mechanics to keep you playing and that causes alot of stress and anger issues too
I already sunk my fair share into these life services games
So now unless I’m playing with friends I at most play them for half hour or so on my own
This isn’t new. It’s been this way since the Atari days. The entire industry is poised to push out many games to get people to buy them but there isn’t enough time to play all the games they bought.
The backlog is born.
I forced myself to buy games only if I intended to play them after seeing my GCN library had so many games I never played.
Being the super genius I thought I was, the plan was working out nicely during the XBox 360 era, then it happened. Game prices tanked in the used market.
I still can’t walk past a ridiculously good sale price. I picked up big titles for as little as $5, such as Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Never played it, but I have it.
So what am I playing now? Tears of the Kingdom.
I just love being a statistic. /s
Just 66? Is it just me, but doesn’t that seem like a reasonable number to cover 80% of the playtime?
Well yeah, there are too many games released every year, so only the ‘cream’ rises to the top. When something gets popular, people share it. When something is unknown, nobody cares.
Honestly, there’s a lot that goes into this.
For starters, it’s just not worth it to buy new games these days. They almost always come out seriously messed up. Look at Diablo 4, mentioned in the article as a lamented 8% of new games being played. The launch last June was a shitshow. The game is still a complete mess. The loot overhaul, one of many this game will need, will not even happen until mid-May, still a month and a half away from now, almost a year since launch. And it won’t even fix all that needs fixing. It’s A fix, not THE fix. Same with Starfield, we’re 7 months past launch, with lukewarm bug fixes, NO modding tools, NO DLC (which they sold with the pre-order), no Survival Mode (which Fallout 4 got within 6 months of its launch, along with modding tools). So why buy and play these new games, when they’re still busted a year later. Also, Diablo 4 went on sale like 3-4 months after launch, like 40% off if not more. So, again, why buy at launch? Give it three months and save nearly half, on a game that’s broken and won’t be fixed for at least a year.
See? Doesn’t pay to buy new, literally and figuratively. If you buy at launch, you’re paying the highest amount of money possible, for the worst condition the game is ever going to be in. As time goes on, condition usually improves, while the price usually goes down. So why buy and play on release? I have a strong tendency to wait about 18 months for the games to be finished before buying.
If the games launched complete, mechanically functional and bug-free, of course I’d buy at launch. But that’s not the case. Vast majority these days launch broken, incomplete and buggy as hell.
i totally believe this, games nowadays are live service failures, cash grabs or unfinished potential. why spent hours playing something that doesn’t have anything to entertain you when you’ve got a bunch of great games that are constantly being reworked and updated to thrive in todays market.
plus, no games that have come out in the last 5 years? have much replay value. play it once and that’s everything. what happened to games like skyrim and rdr2, or even the old assassins creed games, that had you playing a different way each time you played.
Meanwhile my gaming list is like, 3 games ever. CS2, CS2 and Minecraft 😆