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| Topic | "single player games are dying" |
| Romulox28 11/08/18 7:24:38 AM #45: | it's not that single player games are dying, it's just that the single player AAA experience is starting to fade away. the problem now is that with microtransactions and the pressure to pump out high budget games in like two years, nobody is really investing a lot in these well-crafted single player games with deep stories and mechanics and all that. as a result the only people making substantial AAA single player games are companies like Rockstar, Bethesda, and CDPR, companies that basically print money & can afford to have a game in development for 5 years because it will sell like crazy for years when it releases. same for those Sony first party titles. everyone else is fucked, it's just a better idea to make multiplayer games or episodic ones or w/e IMO it's not so much that single player games dont get made as much as the industry focus seems to be away substantial, story based games in favor of esports, social/streamer games, shared world, etc --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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