Just 1 year can make certain genres ancient. Mostly multiplayer only titles, but also meme games.
Comment on PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t call a game that came out in 2023 “old”.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think most big budget multiplayer games last 2-5 years, but there are some (among us, fall guys, lethal company, etc) that pass pretty quickly, and some that are just bad enough that they are basically outdated already when they come out.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
For publisher bottom lines, it absolutely would be!
Basically anything not purchased this fiscal quarter may as well be non-existent to them - hence the push towards reoccurring monetisation.
Meanwhile I’m currently (slowly) playing through a massive backlog of games from the 2010s, so I’m good!
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The game I most recently bought is Trackmania United Forever, still $15 on sale even though it came out in 2008. I suppose my purchase of that is less though than of what they get from a user playing their new subscription based (!) racing game for a year.