Comment on ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 year ago
We need to support and embrace this kind of games and studios more. They put so much love and effort into the game. But in the end, this game will probably profit as much as what Fortnite make in a couple months.
It’s always sadden me to know that even something as successful as Elden Ring, which sold 20 millions copies and made 1.2 Billion dollars, is nothing compared to what microtransactions make in games like CoD (2 Billion dollars per year) or Fortnite (over 5 Billion dollars per year).
And people complain why they “don’t make good games anymore”.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pokémon is regularly one of the best selling games out there, so saying most people don’t want turn-based RPGs doesn’t sound right.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In some ways I agree they are pretty different, but fixating too much on particularities while glossing over core mechanics is a bit strange. We have space for a plethora of FPSs and action games of different styles, why are turn-based RPGs dismissed like this on a regular basis? Every gen or so we have yet another reminder that, yes, people do still like RPGs.
Baldur’s Gate may not have all ages cutesy characters, but D&D-style fantasy has its own appeal.
zaph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you really gatekeeping a video game
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No, but they’re both turn based rpgs?
KitsuneHaiku@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Pokemon is so much less complex than BG3. It’s a bad comparison. If you exclude competitive pokemon, which 99% of people never engage with.
throwsbooks@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I consider computer rpgs to be more in the vein of tactical RPGs rather than pokemon/final fantasy style turn based RPGs tbh. It’s turn based, but positioning is key. Or, at least they scratch the same itch for me.
And fire emblem, xcom, ff tactics, etc have never exactly had mind blowing sales.