Why games-as-service suck, and Fortnite's bad example: (Gaming)
by cheapLEY 
, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 21:03 (2048 days ago) @ Ragashingo
Oh, you're not wrong.
Folks lamenting the "death of single player games" have always been wrong. It really is the best time to be playing games--there are so many options no matter what your taste is.
But I do think the games as service model is just too alluring for big companies chasing profits. It doesn't even seem like a game of that model has to be particularly good to make boatloads of cash, and I do not think it's putting the industry in a good place.
Then again, we see reports of crunch and awful work conditions on stuff like Red Dead Redemption 2 or The Witcher 3, or any number of more "traditional" games, so I'm not sure it matters.
The business surrounding making games is absolutely fucked. It's just depressing.
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2019-04-23, 18:19
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2019-04-23, 22:19
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2019-04-23, 21:03
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2019-04-24, 05:52
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2019-04-24, 14:55
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2019-04-25, 06:28
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2019-04-25, 10:31
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Cody Miller,
2019-04-25, 11:26
- Um... then why are they in high stress positions?
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Ragashingo,
2019-04-25, 12:01
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2019-04-25, 12:46
- Because there are no low stress positions
- Why games-as-service suck, and Fortnite's bad example: - Harmanimus, 2019-04-26, 02:36
- Um... then why are they in high stress positions?
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