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Video games spending by young Americans is dropping sharply, report suggests (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Exactly this. The new game cycle these days is:

  • Game is announced with shiny video showing all sorts of cool stuff.
  • Release date is announced.
  • Game is delayed.
  • Reviewers/early access people get it, turns out it has none of the cool stuff form the announcement video.
  • Game is delayed again.
  • Game finally comes out, with 3 different tiers that are like $80, $100 and $120 CAD depending on if you want the version of the game that's 30%, 40% or 50% complete.
  • Game doesn't work.
  • After about two years and 10 DLC packs you have about 80% of the functional game, the other 20% being stuff they were supposed to add but just never bothered, what are you gonna do about it? By this point you no longer care about the game anyway.
  • Sequel is announced with shiny video showing all sorts of cool stuff, devs promise they've fixed all the broken stuff this time for real.
  • Company gets bought by EA or Epic, all devs are replaced.
  • Game is delayed.

Like genuinely who wants to bother with that nonsense anymore TBH.