Which is why I put “peak” in quotes. They’re more like spikes in capability.

Well I would definitely agree with that, things are not linear.

Right now we live in a time of hidden gems and lacklustre AAA. The actual underlying technology has gotten better, but overall due to increase investor pressure and general focus on safe bets, we get mostly meh content while the great technology and creativity available goes to waste.

I hope the next spike is just around the corner but we are during times of low innovation, so I think the economic drive needs to be there first.

But that’s because the quality was as good as it’s ever been so far.

The example I’m saying is that it peaked, as in it got noticeably better, and then noticeably worse for at least a decade.

It’s not the same example.

I’m confused. How did the originals peak multiple times? They were all made a few years from each other so imo they all represent one data point.

Do you mean special effects peaked after that? Cause a lot of people don’t like CGI and some would say movie effects actually peaked at terminator 2.

The point would be valid if movies in the 90s looked terrible and then movies now look objectively better than Star Wars (which many would argue that they don’t cause it’s all CGI)

… terrible example as a lot of fans would claim the originals were the best ones and it’s been all downhill from there, especially since the prequels are now seen in a positive light cause how bad the sequels have been.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

Technology peaked with crysis for games and avatar for movies.

I blame micro transactions, it uses addiction and predatory tactics.

It’s less that making unique games are risky, and more that there are less risky and more lucrative options available.

Couple that with greedy people finally recognizing gaming as another thing to get perpetual growth from and you get what we have today.

I fully believe it, been thinking of playing metal gear 5 now that it’s finally a good age for me to play it as a patient gamer.

Also, I finished Witcher 3, it taking closer to 10 years sounds about right for me for an RPG.

It was one sick game!

Wouldn’t I have to install epic game store though?

I got GTA V for free on the epic store.

I kind of want to play it but I don’t want to download their launcher.

Hmmmm…. 🏴‍☠️

As a result, no one on the team has the courage to express their opinion. Under Gołębiewski, GOG typically makes business decisions that may be profitable in the short term, but may not contribute to the platform’s long-term growth.

Why half ass things when your the good guy?

So I own some games on epic store cause they were free and I said fuck it I’ll sign up for free games.

Haven’t installed the epic games store yet, and it’s been years. The benefits don’t outweigh the drawbacks, clearly.

None, I told myself that I have to first play my last paid games at least once before I buy a new one.

I don’t play either of these games.

This post made me happy.

Yeah I don’t get it, don’t you want the only light be coming from the lamp and the monitor?

Imagine if cinemas had RBG on every seat.

Steam is a monopoly, it’s just not cartoonishly evil and the bar for a good company is super low these days.

Finally, was worried I wasn’t gonna find this one.

I mean, if your gonna go for the worse of it all, 4chan is right there.

Oh wow, I was wrong, we are close to AGI.

/s

“Best I can do I more cliffhangers”

-valve probably

Ah, this is why I come to lemmy.

Thank you kind user!

I think it’s cause of envy. Every once in a while, a game comes that just seems to do a lot of things and become very very successful (like red dead and gta).

Then these other studios get FOMO and turn to a go big or go home attitude.

So what you end up with is this inflation of features when only a few devs can land a big game like that.

Wait so if a game doesn’t not need online connection it can say buy?

That is such a huuuge advantage to indie devs that can let you own things.

Oh man, that picture of Gabe just keeps getting better.

It’s unfortunately standard with all stock graphs :/

“Tanked”

Checks graph

19% is a hit but I wouldn’t call it tanked.

Some stocks are just volatile. Here is the full history:

They want the data

I would argue it’s more like multiplayer games are just much more profitable instead of not being able to turn a profit as well on single player games. And it is very easy to prove that some multiplayer games are cash cows.

That’s the thing about capitalism though, it’s not about choosing something profitable, it’s choosing the max profit option.

Thankfully there are enough passionate people and good companies that a savvy gamer can find ways plenty of single player games.

They don’t really respect IP laws, I’m surprised that companies are so thirsty for it.

Even if China becomes a big consumer of western media, I would imagine their goal would be to make their own media, like a state approved and sponsored media.

So I agree, long term, China is a bad bet for western companies

I mean, I agree but this could mean more devs target that market.

So I go to right wing online spaces (I want to keep a close eye on fascism) and they are praising this game and treating it like a win over “the radical left”.

Apparently, cause it doesn’t have diversity and it’s selling that means that they were right about “woke” stuff.

And here I am just looking at it thinking…

Huh, I’m glad there is a good new game, wish it was my genre instead of another dark souls clone.

I don’t understand the downvotes on this post though, do lemmy users think it’s a controversial game or is it cause its all Chinese players and thereby the headline is a little misleading?

Cause if it appeals to just one demographic, I’m not gonna play it cause I’m not in said demographic.

Dude, where have you been? Look how little good single player games rockstar is putting out.

It’s just harder and less profitable.

I rather have one great red dead 2 than 5 forgettable ones; looking at your assassins creed, used to be one of my favourites and I haven’t played anything after black flag.

If I ever get VR stuff, I would want to play Alyx but if they had 5 okayish games instead, it would be a nope from me.

I still haven’t even played black mesa even though i bought it, I like fewer but better choices especially since I’m more busy in this stage of life.

And it’s gonna continue until regulations recognize how these games are psychologically terrible for kids and have gambling mechanics.

Single player games are less and less profitable these days. What the original commenter could have said is, these days, there isn’t much money to be made telling a story when fortnight makes so much money by doing nothing but cosmetics.

Can’t imagine convincing a group of c suite folks of that.

Weird post. I thought we were all aware of the enshitification in gaming, they had a head start on the rest of the tech industry.

Unfortunately, Bethesda are the only ones in town who are capitalising on “Bethesda style games”.

I thought a lot of games are like that now. I personally love the fallout universe but hate the game style. Hate now things like horizon zero, Witcher, Elden ring, assassins creed and all those games have slow pace open world with huge RPG elements.

More like Bethesda game style become an industry standard. That’s my perspective though, im sure those who like the format don’t agree.

I really thought that’s where it was all headed. After the release of battlefield bad company, where they introduced a game engine that can destroy whole buildings, I really had hope for the future.

I imagined games where you can just build and destroy entire cities.

I thought it was a Christian game…