Mastodawn

I will never understand this feature of consumer gamer culture
Why does every game have to be a Forever Game with content patches or new DLCs or whatever
What's so awful about a game you buy, play to conclusion, and then maybe replay or mod if you feel like it
Why must every game on the market be potentially The Last Game You'll Ever Need To Play, or it's not worth buying
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zivi 4d ago

@kaliranya the way some gamers /derog revolt when they dont get the steady trickle of New Content that theyr apparently entitled to, just, lmao

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Ripp_

4d ago

@zaire @kaliranya I think I blame Minecraft for this

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zivi 4d ago

@Ripp_ @kaliranya its so much bigger than that
you can also blame literally every mmorpg game for example
plenty of live service games around in all sorts of genres actually

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s10n

@zaire @Ripp_ @kaliranya
Well, it is what it is. A notable amount of today's gamers has been raised on (a.k.a. brainwashed by) games-as-a-service, where players are constantly milked to pay for new content.
I can see where this clashes with the 90ies mindset of buying a game once and then playing the same game as long as you enjoy it. Guess we're just getting old.