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Why games-as-service suck, and Fortnite's bad example: (Gaming)

by cheapLEY @, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 21:03 (1801 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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