Microsoft != gaming.
kaitco@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Watching an ad would earn players another block of ad-free play time, called a “credit”
As a millennial, I’ve watched the rise and fall of many things. Never thought I’d see the entire fall of gaming and so soon following its rise.
farmgineer@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That’s mobile games basically
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
Indie games are booming lately, if you think you’re witnessing the fall of gaming you’re simply looking in the wrong place.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Both can be true
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
and those indie companies will get bigger, become corporatized, and continue the cycle.
Just like the ones before them did, just like the ones after them will.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
The good thing is that creating a game is a task a person or a small team can accomplish even with non-AAA money, and there are many people out there who want to create something. So even if some of those indies become corrupted, there will always be more people out there who want to build their vision.
And tbh, if from this moment on only crap came out, we already have decades of great games to play - i for my part would never run out of games until the day i die even if i stopped adding stuff to my library - i am sitting on ca. 37000 titles at the moment. If the average time to complete is around 20 hours, that’s around 83 years of continuous gaming, much more than my estimated remaining lifetime.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah, anyone can make a game. that game will probably be a slop generic asset flip game, but still technically a game.
to make a good game takes years, and money, and either knowledge or time available to be spent pursuing that knowledge…while also working an actual job to actually pay for all the bills for everyday life, in addition to what the game needs.
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
See Dave the Diver for a corporate game people assume is indie because of its style
creamfresh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bury your hobby with that attitude. There are and there always has been studios that decide intentionally to keep their projects small in scope.
raze2012@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wealth doesn’t trickle down, but failure does. Sadly, AAA studios collapsing will affect indies’ abilities to get funding , so expect to feel some pain there too.
This is already being felt these last few years as many gaming publishers shifted to funding AI.
Guitar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it’s just the fall of the industry as we know it. I don’t think gaming is going away anytime soon. But I do think we are about to see a very different industry in a few years. It probably won’t look like it ever really has before. A massive indie space, with sparse few AAA titles.