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TheActualDevil@sffa.community ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There’s one other option:

They could make games outside newer versions of the same game. Game studios used to (and many still do) make a game, put it out, then get started making a whole different game. Even with the modern ability to update games,

Put game out
Update game to deal with unforeseen bugs found once the masses have access
Maybe put out 1 DLC if you want
Make a new game now. A different game.

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bighi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
To be honest, I’d prefer for them to keep expanding a game I like. That’s what kept me playing SC1 for the past 65 years (or however long it has been since the game has been released).

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- Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Star Citizen only feels like it’s been in alpha for 65 years.
  
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  - AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think they were referring to StarCraft 1. Hence the 1.
    
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    billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No, clearly they’re talking about Sim City on SNES!
    
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Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
But they point the comment above is making is that the years of support add a bunch of features that wouldn’t exist otherwise. Sure, they could just not. Why would they do that though if they have a team who knows how to work on a thing and people willing to pay for it.

For example, BG3 exists because the studio continued to make games in the same style in the same engine for a very long time. They became absolute experts in it, and continuously improved their tools and techniques. You don’t get that by constantly making new different games.

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Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s the FIFA, Madden model… release a game, fix a couple things, improve a thing here and there, pull a new roster in and voilà! This year’s new sports game.

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