The #LiveService dream of gaming is dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oTn-94PHEI

- The market is already saturated
- The costs to break through is high
- The long-term maintenance is taxing
- The chances of success slim by the day
- The playerbase can by swayed away.

I believe #Fairgames and #HorizonMMO are going to be the last high productions.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Concord #Highguard

Haven Studios' PS5 live service game Fairgames faced criticism during pre-alpha testing, extending negative feedback since its 2023 reveal.

https://gamesbriefly.news/fairgames-reportedly-gets-rough-reception-in-pre-alpha-testing

#Fairgames #PS5 #LiveService

Closed tests flopped: shooter Fairgames from Haven, per insider Tom Henderson, left internal testers calling it BORING and unfinished.

The visual style was watered down from the flashy reveal; testers slam the class system, movement and AI. Even the new Cargo Heist extraction-style mode failed to excite, infinite respawns stripped away tension and the genre's thrill.

#SteamAndEpic #Fairgames #Henderson #Closed #BORING #Haven

😬 Tom Henderson reports that online shooter Fairgames from Haven (Sony) got BRUTAL playtest feedback, and that's putting it mildly.

In the Cargo Heist mode four teams of three raid a mansion: extraction-style gameplay with respawns, classes and wall‑running. Testers on Discord slammed movement, class systems and NPCs; some players quit after a few matches. Visually the game leans toward The Division and Call of Duty rather...

#SteamAndEpic #Henderson #Fairgames #Announced #Visually #Division