• ramble81@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      That’s the end of new AAA games. There’s still loads of older and indie games out there.

      • Poggervania@kbin.social
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        Yup, the golden era of AAA games has been over since after the 360/PS3 days arguably.

        Now it’s all corporatized and basically trying to nickel-and-dime users - which apparently a large amount of users are perfectly okay with (more or less) due to devs still pushing out battle/season passes, $20+ MTX skins, and lootboxes.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think all AAA games would go that route. A bunch of them definitely would but some of the publishers that have a passion for games and not just cranking out the same shit year after year would definitely not go that route.

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      1 year ago

      My Steam/GOG/Epic/Xbox libraries alone can sustain me forever. Hell, Civ 6 + Doom mods could do it theoretically.

      Let gaming die. That’s just mean no more needing upgrades ever.

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      1 year ago

      You can still play real video games through emulators tho, there are tons of hidden gems in every console! I’ve been finding joy again by playing those

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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        I have all the 8 and 16 bit systems on my hard drive! Turbo Grafx 16 (aka PC Engine) is probably my favorite for hidden gems lol