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The success of the Dungeons & Dragons RPG has kicked off a fiery debate about game development, AAA costs, and players’ expectations

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 52 points 1 year ago

If fewer players would buy the shitty games, and stop buying the battle passes and mtx, they would stop selling them. It's all about profit.

What do you think would have happened if Overwatch 2 launched and had a consistent player count of zero?

But it seems that a lot of people don't care as much as I want them to, and a lot of people have less self control than a toddler. Little will change.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Enough people have left Overwatch 2 that they've resorted to putting it on Steam. Perhaps it's not happening on the timeline we would like, but people do seem to be tiring of live service nonsense.

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 18 points 1 year ago

That decision is working out so well for them, too! It's setting records!

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It hasn't stopped the game from being in the top 25 most played on Steam though. And I'll bet that number is disappointing to Blizzard too, but I'm going to guess a large number of those people leaving negative reviews are still playing the game, which doesn't help.

[-] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The vast majority of them probably never played the game in the first place.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Eh, I don't know about that. It's free to play and huge in popular culture because tons of people played it.

[-] comedy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's huge in popular culture because of the source filmmaker porn. Certainly not the game itself.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago
[-] comedy@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Actually, you're right. I take that back. I let my personal dislike for the game override my thought processes. There are plenty of people who like the game, as odd as I find that fact.

[-] Xenxs@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly what you said. Most devs know they're not putting out high quality games but the money flows in and that's what they're told to design.

[-] terny@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Those games make money on whale players. People who spend thousands of dollars.

[-] BlahajEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

But if whales have no one to play with those whales end up leaving too.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

I know I'm preaching to the choir, BlahajEnjoyer, but for anyone else reading this, this is why it's important to also not play these sorts of games in addition to not spending money on them, if stopping any of this is important to you.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Sweet, sweet short term profits tho

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