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Cake day: Jun 18, 2023

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yeah, unfortunately everything and everyone is doing their dangdest to get there - that reoccurring revenue is toooo tempting.


We keep seeing a pivot to “services” in so many industries, from movies and tv to music to even Apple - expect the same from big gaming.

Sure, there will be some justifications for the new hardware, but it t will be for the niche hardcore gamers, but not for the majority.

Makes sense, it’s just the way it’s all going.


**Games console industry tries to adapt to rise of free-to-play titles** Virtual goods such as Fortnite weapons and subscription services such as Microsoft’s Game Pass have become as important to the console industry as its traditional money spinner of high-priced standalone games, marking a turning point for the $60bn business. Console players are set to splash out $21bn on in-game items and subscription services this year — about the same as they will spend on game downloads and discs, according to research group Ampere Analysis. Such expenditure has risen sharply since the popular free title Fortnite debuted in 2017. Gamers that year spent three times more on console software than on subscriptions and virtual items. ... "If players continue to gravitate to free games, such as Fortnite, that do not require the latest hardware, Sony will find it more difficult to sell its PS5 to all but the most dedicated of players, some analysts have argued." Archived version of the article: https://archive.vn/032BW#selection-2369.103-2373.159 ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8ef8c389-ab23-4ef9-8f4b-6d299c951a3c.png) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cf35a126-5f3b-418c-b5e1-40d877a5ce34.png)
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he sounds like a person in an abusive relationship.

“yeah, he hits me sometimes, but Jimmy’s a good guy y’all! just need to give him a chance, besides… all my stuff is there, where would I even live?”.


Yeah. Travel. We were in a cabin for a weekend recently and I had my iPad and we had our switch, would’ve been nice to connect the two. The little screen on the switch is just too small for 2 player games.


those are actually… games. But also, beyond that, been playing some fun platformers and having a blast! Oddmar & Suzy Cube are 2 stand outs I’ve been enjoying.


Been playing Oddmar, a fantastic platformer on iOS.
It’s fun to play on the phone, but getting a controller and playing on the iPad is chef’s kiss


Look, what I do when I’m short on cash, but want a new console is my own damn business, so just-- OH!!! Blow INTO their consoles. Never mind.


I do not understand the appeal of these devices. Most of the time, it’s just a phone but twice as heavy and twice as think.

Then every blue moon you make it into a small subpar tablet?